OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 22085

whittle

/ˈʍɪtəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tallar
To cut or shape wood with a knife.
He was sitting on a bench before the fire, with his feet on the stove hearth, and in one hand was holding close up to his face that little negro idol of his; peering hard into its…
tallar
To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).