whittled
past simple and past participle ofwhittle
| 单词 | whittled |
| 释义 | whittled past simple and past participle ofwhittle whittle verb[T] uk/ˈwɪt.əl/us/ˈwɪt̬.əl/to make something from apieceofwoodbycuttingoffsmall,thinpieces: Anoldsailorsaton thedockside, whittling atoyboat. Building: carpentry & joinery
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cutting and stabbing Phrasal verbswhittle away atsomething whittlesomethingdown Examplesofwhittledwhittled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Most of these excess e's werewhittledaway in the course of the 17th century. From theCambridge English Corpus Given that the criteria for inclusion has beenwhittledaway by these very serious limitations, it is exceedingly difficult to identify any audience for whom this bibliography can realistically cater. From theCambridge English Corpus Drugstore's expansive experimentalism fostered obscurity in a conflation of diverse marginal styles, while jazu-kissawhittledtheir singular collections down to perfectly contained and delineated generic repertoires. From theCambridge English Corpus By the time the 50p is received it will have beenwhittledaway by the grabbing hand of galloping inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Prices are soaring, racialism is raising its ugly head more boldly, education is being cut, and other social serviceswhittledaway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are in no wisewhittleddown or tampered with; but an anomaly is removed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In thewhittleddown form it is true that this anachronism has an advantage to the accused which tips the scales in his favour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The assessorswhittledthis down by certain disallowances to £13,600. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Though the list is inadequate, we feel deep disquiet that these rights are beingwhittledaway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If this is granted it will certainly be the forerunner of many similar demands and proposals, and we shall have the parks graduallywhittledaway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Have they alreadywhittleddown the conditions implied in their own pledges? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That right has beenwhittledaway in many areas and people no longer have the right to cross-examine their accuser. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But bit by bit the decisiveness of action waswhittledaway—not by intention or anything of that kind, but it just happened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want itwhittleddown merely to that particular type of letter which contains an invitation to do business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would not matter how numerous these were because, eventually, they would bewhittleddown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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