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1. (v.t.) whittle
to cut, trim, or shape (a piece of wood or the like) by carving off bits with a knife.
2. whittle
to form by whittling.
3. whittle
to cut off (a bit).
4. whittle
to reduce the amount of gradually (usu. fol. by down, away, etc.):
to whittle away an inheritance.
5. (v.i.) whittle
to whittle wood or the like with a knife.
6. whittle
to tire oneself or another by worrying.
7. (n.) whittle
Archaic. a large knife.
8. (n.) Whittle
Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
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1. (verb) Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle
English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
2. (verb) whittle, pare
cut small bits or pare shavings from
"whittle a piece of wood"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) whittle
a grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl
2. (noun) whittle
same as Whittle shawl, below
3. (noun) whittle
a knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife
4. (verb) whittle
to pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife
5. (verb) whittle
to edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate
6. (verb) whittle
to cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife
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Sense: to cut or shape (eg a stick) with a knife.
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 Afrikaans: sny, kerf |
 Arabic: يَبْري، يَقْطَع بالسِّكّي |
 Bulgarian: дялам |
 Brazilian: aparar |
 Czech: ořezávat |
 German: (zurecht)schnitzen |
 Danish: snitte |
 Greek: λαξεύω, πελεκώ |
 Spanish: tallar |
 Estonian: vestma |
 Farsi: بريدن |
 Finnish: veistää |
 French: tailler au couteau |
 Hebrew: לְקַצֵץ |
 Hindi: छीलना |
 Croatian: obrezivati |
 Hungarian: faragcsál |
 Indonesian: meraut |
 Icelandic: tálga, skera út |
 Italian: intagliare |
 Japanese: 削る |
 Korean: 조금씩 깎다 |
 Lithuanian: drožti, drožinėti |
 Latvian: drāzt (ar nazi); asināt |
 Malay: meraut |
 Dutch: snijden |
 Norwegian: spikke, skjære ut |
 Polish: strugać |
 Persian: بريدن |
 Pashto: توږل ،كمول، توږل غوڅېدل ( |
 Portuguese: aparar |
 Romanian: a ciopli/a tăia cu cuţitu |
 Russian: обстругивать |
 Slovak: orezávať |
 Slovenian: rezljati |
 Serbian: rezati |
 Swedish: tälja, karva |
 Thai: เหลา |
 Turkish: yontmak |
 Taiwanese: 用刀削 |
 Ukrainian: стругати, обточувати ноже |
 Urdu: چاقو سے چھوٹا ٹکڑا کاٹنا |
 Vietnamese: gọt; vót |
 Chinese: 削（木头），削减 |
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