whittle
IPA: wˈɪtʌɫ
noun
- A knife; especially, a clasp knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
- (archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
- (archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.
verb
- (transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.
- (transitive) To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).
- (transitive, figurative) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
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Examples of "whittle" in Sentences
- This is whittled by the carpenter.
- He whittles a log and makes a toy.
- Whittle is in the centre of the back row.
- Grandpa whittled the wood to make a doll.
- That should whittle the list down nicely.
- She whittles an apple to decorate her dish.
- I tried to whittle the wood to make a pensil.
- The sculpture is whittled by a famous sculptor.
- Multiple drafts of the budget may be required to whittle down costs.
- Among the verbs similarly preserved are to whittle, to wilt and to approbate.
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