Whittling

Verb

Definitions

1.Verbpresent participle and gerund of whittle

2.NounA chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.

3.NounThe art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.

4.NounA process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic).

5.NounThe reducing of something by degrees, especially at the expense of some effort.

"a whittling down"

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