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    whit·tle
    [ˈ(h)wid(ə)l]
    verb
    whittle (verb) · whittles (third person present) · whittled (past tense) · whittled (past participle) · whittling (present participle)
    1. carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it.
      • carve (an object) from wood by repeatedly cutting small slices from it.
      • (whittle something away/down)
        reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps:
        "the short list of fifteen was whittled down to five" · "the censors had whittled away at the racy dialogue"
    Origin
    mid 16th century: from dialect whittle ‘knife’.
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    verb
    1. carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it.
      pare
      shave
      peel
      cut
      hew
      trim
      carve
      shape
      model
     

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    What does 'whittle' mean?
    To reduce or eliminate gradually is the primary meaning of 'whittle'. This term comes from the verb 'whittle', which also means 'to cut or shape wood with a knife'. [From Middle English whyttel, knife, variant of thwitel, from thwiten, to whittle, from Old English thwītan, to strike, whittle down ] .' Whit'tler is the noun form.

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    Where does the word Whittel come from?
    From Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwiten (“to whittle”), from Old English þwītan (“to strike down, whittle”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twey- (“to shake, hurl, toss”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”), Ancient Greek σείω (seíō, “I shake”).

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    What does the idiom 'whittled down' mean?
    The idiom 'whittled down' means to reduce something gradually, as if by whittling with a knife. For example, 'The couple whittled down their debt by making small payments'. The verb 'whittle' also means 'to reduce the size of some piece of wood by cutting small bits or paring shavings'. For example, 'I whittled down the pencil's tip to expose more lead'.

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    What does whittling a knife mean?
    To reduce, destroy, or get rid of gradually, as if by whittling away with a knife. To whittle down the cost of a project. (figuratively) To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate. A large knife. (archaic) A coarse greyish double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

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    What is a whittle shawl?
    (archaic) A whittle shawl; a kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one. From Middle English whittel (“large knife"), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwiten (“to whittle"), from Old English thwitan. Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl")

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    How do you Whittle a piece of wood?
    If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife. He whittled a new handle for his ax. [VERB noun] Chitty sat in his rocking-chair whittling wood. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 5. British dialect Collins English Dictionary.

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  3. verb (used with object), whit·tled, whit·tling. to cut, trim, or shape (a stick, piece of wood, etc.) by carving off bits with a knife. to form by whittling: to whittle a figure. to cut off (a bit). to reduce the amount of, as if by whittling; pare down; take away by degrees (usually followed by down, away, etc.):

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    whittle (ˈwɪtəl) vb 1. (Forestry) to cut or shave strips or pieces from (wood, a stick, etc), esp with a knife 2. (Forestry) (tr) to make or shape by paring or shaving 3. (tr; often foll by away, down, off, etc) to reduce, destroy, or wear away gradually

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