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WHITTLE AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cut away in small pieces
Synonyms:
wear away; whittle away; whittle down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "whittle away" is one way to...):
damage (inflict damage upon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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