Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of cut down to size.

Forms

whittles down to size, whittling down to size, whittled down to size, whittled down to size
Base formwhittle down to size · to whittle down to size
3rd person singularwhittles down to size
Present participlewhittling down to size
Past simplewhittled down to size
Past participlewhittled down to size

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhittle down to size
he, she, itwhittles down to size

Past simpleLesson

all personswhittled down to size

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whittled down to size
he, she, ithas whittled down to size

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whittle down to size

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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