WordReference English-Greek Dictionary © 2025:
| Κύριες μεταφράσεις |
| whittling n | (art of wood carving) | ξυλογλυπτική ουσ θηλ |
WordReference English-Greek Dictionary © 2025:
| Κύριες μεταφράσεις |
| whittle [sth]⇒ vtr | (carve: wood) | σκαλίζω ρ μ |
| | Ron showed me how to whittle a twig into a whistle. |
| whittle [sth] vtr | (carve: [sth] from wood) | σκαλίζω ρ μ |
| | My grandfather whittles farm animals out of balsa wood. |
| whittle⇒ vi | (carve, sculpt wood) | σκαλίζω ρ αμ |
| | Matthew likes to whittle using a pocket knife. |
WordReference English-Greek Dictionary © 2025:
Phrasal verbs
whittle | whittling |
| whittle [sth] away vtr phrasal sep | figurative (reduce, eliminate) | μειώνω ρ μ |
| | | εξαλείφω, εξαφανίζω ρ μ |
| whittle away at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (reduce) | μειώνω ρ μ |
| | | εξαλείφω, εξαφανίζω ρ μ |
whittle [sth] down,
whittle down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (cut, reduce) (σταδιακά) | μειώνω ρ μ |
| | | ελαττώνω ρ μ |
| | | περιορίζω ρ μ |
| | | περικόπτω ρ μ |
| | Your speech is a bit long; you should try to whittle it down. |
| whittle [sth] down to [sth] vtr phrasal 3-part | figurative (cut, reduce to [sth]) | μειώνω κτ σε κτ ρ μ + πρόθ |
| | | ελαττώνω κτ σε κτ ρ μ + πρόθ |
| | | περιορίζω κτ σε κτ ρ μ + πρόθ |
| | The teacher advised her student to whittle down his essay to half the length. |