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whittle  (whittles 3rd person present) (whittling present participle) (whittled past tense & past participle )If you whittle something from a piece of wood, you carve it by cutting pieces off the wood with a knife.  verb 
He whittled a new handle for his ax...  V n whittle away  phrasal verb To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective. 
I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State...  V P n (not pron) 
Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt.  V P at n whittle down  phrasal verb To whittle down a group or thing means to gradually make it smaller. 
He had whittled eight interviewees down to two...  V n P to/from num/n 
The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal.  V P n (not pron), Also V n P 



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