whittle
/ˈwɪt(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈwɪt(ə)l/
whittle
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whit - tle -> whittle
Myanmar meaning
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whittle /'wÇtl/ v ~ A (from B); ~ B (into A)
(သစ်သားကို ဓားဖြင့်) ရွေသည်၊ ဖျင်သည်။ whittling a tent-peg from a stick/a stick into a tent-peg.
❏ whittle sth away [PHRV ] လုံးပါးပါးစေသည်။ လျော့ပါး စေသည်။ Inflation has steadily whittled away their savings.
❏ whittle sth down [PHRV ] (ဖြည်းဖြည်းချင်း) လျှော့ချသည်။ The number of employees is being slowly whittled down in order to reduce costs.
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- ‘Excitedly, Vivienne raised her camera to capture the woman on film, then snapped some shots of an old man whittling a piece of wood.’
- ‘Later when he swore off smoking, he took up whittling wood.’
- ‘A willowy soldier leaned against a tree near where he stood, whittling a piece of wood.’
- ‘With a jackknife, he whittled a point on a thin green stick pulled from a maple branch.’
- ‘Seve cut his sticks to length, whittled a point in the slender end and drove it into the hosel - the round socket at the top of the iron head.’
- ‘We were forced to hotfoot it to Borneo, where we lived on the edge of the jungle for the next twenty years, whittling wood into supposedly erotic shapes that we then sold as tribal trinkets.’
- ‘Then, he painstakingly whittles each one a 10-inch handle with a kitchen knife, and waits till dark.’
- ‘How many millions were spent whittling that piece of wet balsam, I've no idea; it means nothing and invites ridicule.’
- ‘Her father just sat in a corner whittling a piece of wood.’
- ‘He was whittling a piece of wood the size of his palm.’
- ‘He volleyed as if he was using his racket to whittle wood, slicing this way and that and caressing the ball into submission.’
- ‘The Americans of the volunteers joked about how whittling wood was an American habit.’
- ‘I really like the spey blade, as it offers a long straight edge for doing really important tasks: things like whittling a sharp point on an old stick.’
- ‘And many people obviously rely on the good old Swiss Army knife or one of its derivatives for everything from trimming nails and opening bottles to putting in screws and whittling firesticks.’
- ‘It turns out it's whittling wooden figurines for schoolchildren.’
- ‘He had given the horses some grain, and now he was whittling a figure out of a piece of wood.’
- ‘Goddard explains: ‘Gradually we just whittled the novel away.’’
- ‘Vast amounts are whittled away on such concepts as benchmarking and decentralisation, but urgent road projects are still being argued over at Oireachtas committees.’
- ‘Gradually the lead was whittled down until there were only three points between the sides with a few minutes remaining.’
- ‘Hundreds of hopefuls entered the competition and judges at Boss Model agency have whittled them down to 10 boys and 10 girls.’
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