whittle away

İngilizce - Türkçe

whittle away teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı

yontmak

yont

tüketmek

yavaş yavaş azaltmak

eritmek

bozmak

azaltmak

İngilizce - İngilizce

whittle away teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective. I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt

reduce, cut down

cut away in small pieces

Heceleme

Whit·tle a·way

Türkçe nasıl söylenir

hwîtıl ıwey

Telaffuz

/ˈhwətəl əˈwā/ /ˈhwɪtəl əˈweɪ/

Etimoloji

[ 'hwi-t&l, 'wi- ] (noun.) 15th century. Middle English whittel, alteration of thwitel, from thwiten to whittle, from Old English thwItan; akin to Old Norse thveita to hew.

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