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whittledverbpast tense of whittle to cause to diminish gradually by or as if by cutting off bits with a knifeHe was sitting on the porch, whittling a stick. abbreviated, abridged, clipped, cropped, curtailed, cut, cut back, cut down, docked, nicked, pared, pruned, retrenched, shortened, slashed, trimmed, truncatedabated, decreased, de-escalated, dented, depleted, downscaled, downsized, dropped, dwindled, eased, knocked down, lessened, lowered, reducedcompressed, condensed, constricted, contracteddeflated, shrank(or shrunk)minimizedmoderated, modified, modulated, qualified blew up, dilated, distended, inflated, swelledelongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged, protractedadded (to), complemented, supplementedenhanced, heightened, intensifiedredoubledaggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, enlarged, escalated, expanded, increased, raised |