Crossword-Solution: WHITTLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Whittle | n. | A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl. |
| Whittle | n. | Same as Whittle shawl, below. |
| Whittle | n. | A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife. |
| Whittle | v. t. | To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife. |
| Whittle | v. t. | To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate. |
| Whittle | v. i. | To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife. |
We have 24 clues for the answer “WHITTLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Carve (away) | 1 answer |
| Work on Wood Actress | 1 answer |
| Shape with a knife | 1 answer |
| Shape with a blade | 1 answer |
| Sculpt, in a way | 1 answer |
| Reduce gradually, with "down" | 1 answer |
| Carve wood with a small knife | 1 answer |
| Make wooden art | 1 answer |
| English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine | 1 answer |
| Do a little woodworking | 1 answer |
| Carve into a shape, as from a piece of wood | 1 answer |
| Carve (wood) | 1 answer |
| "___ While You Work," woodcarver's song | 1 answer |
| Yolk surrounder | 2 answers |
| Cutting wood | 2 answers |
| Work on wood | 2 answers |
| SHAPE with knife | 3 answers |
| Reduce, with "down" | 4 answers |
| CUT wood | 13 answers |
| Pare | 20 answers |
| Taper | 21 answers |
| Carve | 29 answers |
| MAKE small | 43 answers |
| Trim | 91 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with WHITTLE (5)
However, the greatest loss of slave property was due to disease, The ship's captain feared that disease would whittle away his profits, and, even more, he worried that it would attack him and his crew.
Trina could not whittle them fast enough and cheap enough to compete with the turning lathe, that could throw off whole tribes and peoples of manikins while she was fashioning one family.
And sometimes it leads to an Arctic trail, and the snows where your torn feet freeze, And you whittle away the useless clay, and crawl on your hands and knees.
While he was whittling the second one a neighbor came in and said: “Why don’t you whittle toys and sell them? You could make money at that.” “Oh,” he said, “I would not know what to make.” “Why don’t you ask your own children right here in your own house what to make?” “What is the use of trying that?” said the carpenter.
That was a proficiency that tempted me; and I practised to acquire it, as men learn to whittle, in a wager with myself.
Quotes with WHITTLE (3)
Don’t whittle your potential, just because others don’t believe in you. The only worthy question is “Do You Believe in You?
Once, a few years earlier, Jules had gone to see a play at Ash’s theater, and afterward, during the “talkback,” when the audience asked questions of the playwright and of Ash, who’d directed the production, a woman stood up and said, “This one is for Ms. Wolf. My daughter wants to be a director too. She’s applying to graduate school in directing, but I know very well that there are no jobs, and that she’s probably only going to have her dreams dashed. Shouldn’t I encourage he…
If I trim myself to suit others I will soon whittle myself away.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, WP.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1981–2023).