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whittleverb to cause to diminish gradually by or as if by cutting off bits with a knifeHe was sitting on the porch, whittling a stick. abbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncateabate, decrease, de-escalate, dent, deplete, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reducecompress, condense, constrict, contractdeflate, shrinkminimizemoderate, modify, modulate, qualify blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swellelongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protractadd (to), complement, supplementenhance, heighten, intensifyredoubleaggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise in the 15th century |