whittle

«whittle» in Mova's school dictionary: to cut small thin pieces off wood with a knife until it… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (whittles, whittled, whittling)

meaning for a pupil

To whittle is to cut small thin pieces off wood with a knife until it takes a shape. tree →

sense in the lessons

a way of making things by hand in stories; the old man sits and whittles a toy; not used in maths

examples

• The old man whittled a small wooden horse for the girl. tree →
• She whittled a long point on her stick. tree →
• He sat by the fire whittling a spoon. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «whittle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.