āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to whittle
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āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to carve or shape small pieces from a material, usually wood, using a knife or similar tool
Transitive: to whittle an object or shape | to whittle a piece of wood into an object or shape
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He whittled a pointed stick for roasting marshmallows over the fire.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to gradually reduce something in size or number
Transitive: to whittle size or number of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
To save space, she decides to whittle her collection of ornaments.
āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ˛āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
whittler
whittle
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