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whittlesverbpresent tense third-person singular 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. abbreviates, abridges, clips, crops, curtails, cuts, cuts back, cuts down, docks, nicks, pares, prunes, retrenches, shortens, slashes, trims, truncatesabates, decreases, de-escalates, dents, depletes, downscales, downsizes, drops, dwindles, eases, knocks down, lessens, lowers, reducescompresses, condenses, constricts, contractsdeflates, shrinksminimizesmoderates, modifies, modulates, qualifies blows up, dilates, distends, inflates, swellselongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protractsadds (to), complements, supplementsenhances, heightens, intensifiesredoublesaggrandizes, amplifies, augments, boosts, enlarges, escalates, expands, increases, raises |