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whittling

/ˈwɪt.əl.ɪŋ/

whittling down

whittlingnoun

whittlings

Traduzioni

taillage du bois au couteauSens principal : action de tailler le bois au couteau.

His whittling of a fallen branch produced a neat walking stick.

Le taillage du bois au couteau d’une branche tombée a donné un joli bâton de marche.

copeaux de boisPetits fragments de bois produits par l’action de tailler.

She swept the whittlings into a dustpan.

Elle a balayé les copeaux de bois dans une pelle à poussière.

Definizioni

The act or art of carving small pieces from wood, typically using a knife.

His whittling of a fallen branch produced a neat walking stick.

Small shavings or chips of wood produced by whittling.

She swept the whittlings into a dustpan.

Sinonimi

whittlinggerund / present participle

/ˈwɪtlɪŋ/

Traduzioni

qui taille le bois au couteauSe dit d’une personne ou d’un groupe occupé à tailler du bois au couteau.

The whittling campers passed the time around the fire.

Les campeurs qui taillaient le bois au couteau passaient le temps autour du feu.

Definizioni

Engaged in or characterized by the act of carving wood with a knife; used for the purpose of whittling.

The whittling campers passed the time around the fire.

whittleverb

whittling

Gerund

whittled

Past Simple

whittled

Past Participle

whittling

Gerund

/ˈwɪt.əl/

Traduzioni

taillerEn parlant du bois : couper en petits copeaux pour façonner.

He spent the afternoon whittling a small figurine from a block of wood.

Il a passé l’après-midi à tailler une petite figurine dans un bloc de bois.

réduireSe dit d’une diminution progressive par étapes.

The committee managed to whittle down the list of candidates to just three.

Le comité est parvenu à réduire la liste des candidats à trois seulement.

Traduzioni aggiuntive

sculpterEmploi plus large, avec l’idée de façonner le bois par enlèvement de matière.

Definizioni

To carve or shape (wood) by cutting small pieces from it.

He spent the afternoon whittling a small figurine from a block of wood.

To reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps.

The committee managed to whittle down the list of candidates to just three.

Sinonimi

cut down

whittlenoun

Definizioni

(dialect) A knife, especially a large clasp knife or pocketknife used for carving or cutting wood.

He pulled out his old whittle to shave thin curls from the stick.