🔪whittle (jüitl)

verb
/ˈwɪtl/
tallar (tallar)

Meaning

to carve or shape something by cutting off small pieces; to gradually reduce
Traducción del significado
tallar o dar forma a algo cortando trozos pequeños; reducir gradualmente
tallar o dar forma a algo cortando trozos pequeños; reducir gradualmente

Oraciones de ejemplo

He spent the afternoon whittling a piece of wood into a toy.

Él pasó la tarde tallando un trozo de madera en un juguete.
El paso la tarde tallando un trozo de madera en un juguete.

Expresiones de ejemplo

whittle down
reducir gradualmente
reducir gradualmente

Synonyms

carve, trim, shave, pare, reduce

Antonyms

enlarge, expand, increase

Colocaciones

whittle down costs, whittle away resources, whittle a stick

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