Usage of the character 削

to peel with a knife
to pare
to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

xuē

削

[削]

to pare
to reduce
to remove
Taiwan pr. (xuè)

xiāoqiú

削球

[削球]

(sport) to chop
to cut

xuēchú

削除

[削除]

to remove
to eliminate
to delete

bōxuē

剥削

[剝削]

to exploit
exploitation

jiǎnxuē

减削

[減削]

to reduce
to cut down

xuējiǎn

削减

[削減]

to cut down
to reduce
to lower

xuēzhí

削职

[削職]

demotion
to have one's job cut

xuēruò

削弱

[削弱]

to weaken
to impair
to cripple

xuēfà

削发

[削髮]

to shave one's head
fig. to become a monk or nun
to take the tonsure

xuēshòu

削瘦

[削瘦]

thin
lean
slender
skinny
(of cheeks) hollow

dǒuxiāo

陡削

[陡削]

precipitous

xuējià

削价

[削價]

to cut down the price

xuējí

削籍

[削籍]

(of an official) dismissal from office (old)

xiāojiān

削尖

[削尖]

to sharpen

shòuxuē

瘦削

[瘦削]

slim

xuēbō

削波

[削波]

clipping (signal processing)

qiēxiāo

切削

[切削]

to cut
cutting
machining

dāoxiāomiàn

刀削面

[刀削麵]

knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty

xiāoqiānbǐ

削铅笔

[削鉛筆]

to sharpen a pencil

bōxuēzhě

剥削者

[剝削者]

exploiter (of labor)

xiàxuánxiāoqiú

下旋削球

[下旋削球]

(golf, tennis) undercut

xuēzhíwéimín

削职为民

[削職為民]

demotion to commoner (idiom)

xiāoqiānbǐjī

削铅笔机

[削鉛筆機]

pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)

bōxuējiējí

剥削阶级

[剝削階級]

exploiting class (in Marxist theory)

bèibōxuēzhě

被剥削者

[被剝削者]

person suffering exploitation
the workers in Marxist theory

xuēzúshìlü

削足适履

[削足適履]

to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)
impractical or inelegant solution