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# whittle

verb (whittles, whittled, whittling)

«whittle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To whittle is to cut small thin pieces off wood with a knife until it takes a shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whittle/#m1)

### In the lessons

a way of making things by hand in stories; the old man sits and whittles a toy; not used in maths

### Examples

- The old man whittled a small wooden horse for the girl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whittle/#x1)
- She whittled a long point on her stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whittle/#x2)
- He sat by the fire whittling a spoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whittle/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whittle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whittle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whittle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whittle.html) on Mova free.