Whittling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance. plural-normally
- 2 The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.
- 3 A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic).
- 4 The reducing of something by degrees, especially at the expense of some effort. broadly, figuratively
"a whittling down"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of whittle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Tom took out his knife and started whittling a piece of wood."