WHITTLE DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whittle down mean? 

• WHITTLE DOWN (verb)
  The verb WHITTLE DOWN has 1 sense:

1. cut away in small pieces

  Familiarity information: WHITTLE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITTLE DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut away in small pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

wear away; whittle away; whittle down

Hypernyms (to "whittle down" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something