to whittle
01
tälja, skära
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
grammatisk information
morfologisk sammansättning
enkelt
handlingsverb
regelbundet
presens
whittle
3:e person singular
whittles
presens particip
whittling
enkelt preteritum
whittled
perfekt particip
whittled
Exempel
The grandfather whittled a small figurine from a block of wood.
Farfadern snidade en liten figur ur en träkloss.
02
gradvis minska, stegvis reducera
to gradually reduce something in size or number
Transitive: to whittle size or number of something
Exempel
To save space, she decides to whittle her collection of ornaments.
För att spara utrymme bestämmer hon sig för att minska sin samling av ornament.
Lexikalt Träd
whittler
whittle
