whittling (English, noun)
expansion: whittling (plural whittlings)
Senses:
glosses: A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.
tags: plural-normally
glosses: The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife.
glosses: A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic).
glosses: The reducing of something by degrees, especially at the expense of some effort.
tags: broadly
figuratively
Forms:
form: whittlings
tags: plural