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Similar words: whittle away · chisel away at · nibble away at · batter away at · chip away at · while away · eat away at · grind away at · rattle away · bash away at

whittle

1 verb wood

TRANSITIVEsnoigh verb c m uscamh verb c m ushe whittled the stick to a sharp point shnoigh sí an cipín go raibh bior géar air

INTRANSITIVEsnoigh verb c m uscamh verb c m u

2 verb object TRANSITIVEsnoigh verb c m uI whittled a spoon out of the wood shnoigh mé spúnóg as an adhmad

phrasal verbs

whittle away

(v + adv) TRANSITIVElaghdaigh de réir a chéile c m ugearr siar diaidh ar ndiaidhtheir authority is being whittled away tá a n-údarás á laghdú de réir a chéile

whittle away at

TRANSITIVEcreim verb c m uthey're whittling away at our rights tá ár gcearta á gcreimeadh acu

whittle down

(v + adv) TRANSITIVElaghdaigh verb c m ugearr siar c m u50 entries, whittled down from 200 50 iontráil, laghdaithe ó 200we whittled the list of applicants down to three chuamar tríd an liosta iarratasóirí go dtí nach raibh ach triúr fágtha

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they're whittling away at our rights tá ár gcearta á gcreimeadh acu

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