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whittle down
Overview of verb whittle-down
The verb whittle down has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. whittle away, whittle down, wear away -- (cut away in small pieces)
Antonyms of verb whittle-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whittle-down
1 sense of whittle down
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> damage
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb whittle-down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whittle-down
1 sense of whittle down
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> damage
'Cause To' of verb whittle-down
Derived Forms of verb whittle-down
Domain of verb whittle-down
Domain Terms of verb whittle-down
Familiarity of verb whittle-down
whittle down used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb whittle-down
1 sense of whittle down
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb whittle-down
1 sense of whittle down
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
> damage
=> burn
=> frost
=> bilge
=> break
=> total
=> bruise
=> disturb
=> afflict, smite
=> hurt, injure
=> impair
=> flaw, blemish
=> corrode, eat, rust
=> erode, eat away, fret
=> mutilate, mangle, cut up
=> mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
=> whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> bang up, smash up, smash
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb whittle-down
Sense 1
whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> damage
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