whittle
A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knifeA knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
» Tom took out his knife and started whittling a piece of wood.
Значення
значень: 5A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
большо́й ножbolʹšój nož
(архаїчне)A covering for a bed; sheet.
(архаїчне)A coarse greyish double blanket worn over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
(архаїчне)A kind of fine woollen shawl, originally and especially a white one.
(архаїчне, діалектне)A baby's flannel; a baby's woollen napkin; a flannel petticoat.
- English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
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речень: 14Tom took out his knife and started whittling a piece of wood.
What are you whittling?
ruЧто ты строгаешь? — odexed
I still love to whittle.
Ziri whittled the branch into shape.
Lack of sleep whittled away her energy.
ruНедостаток сна изничтожил её энергию. — shanghainese
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мов: 2За значеннями 1
Походження
From Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwitenFrom Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwiten (“to whittle”), from Old English þwītan (“to strike down, whittle”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twey- (“to shake, hurl, toss”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”), Ancient Greek σείω (seíō, “I shake”). Related to thwite and thwaite.
From Middle English whytel, from Old English hwītel (“cloak, blanket”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwītil, from Proto-Germanic *hwītilaz, equivalent to white + -le; akin to Icelandic hvítill (“white bedcover, sheet, linen”).
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множина: whittlesСиноніми
синонімів: 5- English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996):Frank WhittleSir Frank Whittle