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Whittle
ˈwɪtl
Whittle definitions
verb
whittle
whittled
whittles
whittling
- carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it
"he was sitting at the tent door, whittling a piece of wood with a knife"
- carve (an object) from wood
"a set of chess pieces he had whittled himself"
- reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps
"the shortlist of fifteen was whittled down to five"
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