whittling.
A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
Meaning & usage
A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.
A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic).
The reducing of something by degrees, especially at the expense of some effort.
a whittling down
present participle and gerund of whittle
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