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v. To cut small bits or pare shavings from (a piece of wood).

v. To fashion or shape in this way: whittle a toy boat.

v. To reduce or eliminate gradually, as if by whittling with a knife: whittled down the debt by making small payments.

verb-intransitive. To cut or shape wood with a knife.

n. A large knife.

v. To cut or shape wood with a knife.

v. To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).

n. A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.

n. Same as Whittle shawl, below.

n. A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.

v. 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.

v. To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

verb-intransitive. To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.

n. Originally, a blanket; later, a coarse shaggy mantle or woolen shawl worn by West-country women in England.

n. A knife; especially, a large knife, as a butcher's knife or one carried in the girdle.

To cut or dress with a knife; form with a whittle or knife: as, to whittle a stick.

To pare, or reduce by paring, literally or figuratively.

To intoxicate; make tipsy or drunk.

To cut wood with a pocket-knife, either aimlessly or with the intention of forming something; use a pocket-knife in cutting wood or shaping wooden things.

To confess at the gallows.

v. cut small bits or pare shavings from

n. English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)

"Entering series number six, the programme will once again whittle down a select few hopefuls from hundreds of thousands and give them the belief they’ll win an elusive record deal."

whittled    whittles    whittling   

cut    aeronautical engineer   

whittling    whittle down   

knife    edge    sharpen    inebriate   

acquittal    belittle    bittle    brittle    committal    kittel    kittle    knittle    little    noncommittal