whittle down (English, verb)
expansion: whittle down (third-person singular simple present whittles down, present participle whittling down, simple past and past participle whittled down)
Senses:
glosses: To reduce gradually by removing pieces.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: whittles down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: whittling down
tags: participle
present
form: whittled down
tags: participle
past
form: whittled down
tags: past