WHITTLE AWAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut away in small pieces

Synonyms:

wear away; whittle away; whittle down

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "whittle away" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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