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whittle
Overview of noun whittle
The noun whittle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle -- (English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996))
Overview of verb whittle
The verb whittle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. whittle, pare -- (cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun whittle
1 sense of whittle
Sense 1
Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle
INSTANCE OF=> aeronautical engineer
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun whittle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun whittle
1 sense of whittle
Sense 1
Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle
INSTANCE OF=> aeronautical engineer
Antonyms of noun whittle
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Meronyms of noun whittle
Holonyms of noun whittle
Attributes of noun whittle
Derived Forms of noun whittle
Domain of noun whittle
Domain Terms of noun whittle
Familiarity of noun whittle
whittle used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun whittle
1 sense of whittle
Sense 1
Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle
> aeronautical engineer
HAS INSTANCE=> Mitchell, R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell
HAS INSTANCE=> Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle
Meronyms of noun whittle
Holonyms of noun whittle
Grep of noun whittle
frank whittle
sir frank whittle
whittle
whittler
Antonyms of verb whittle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whittle
1 sense of whittle
Sense 1
whittle, pare
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb whittle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whittle
1 sense of whittle
Sense 1
whittle, pare
=> cut
'Cause To' of verb whittle
Derived Forms of verb whittle
1 sense of whittle
Sense 1
whittle, pare
RELATED TO>(noun) whittler#1
=> whittler
Domain of verb whittle
Domain Terms of verb whittle
Familiarity of verb whittle
whittle used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb whittle
1 sense of whittle
Sense 1
whittle, pare
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb whittle
1 sense of whittle
Sense 1
whittle, pare
> cut
=> manicure
=> scissor
=> plane, shave
=> slice, slice up
=> pink
=> jag
=> carve, cut up
=> carve
=> carve, chip at
=> cube, dice
=> julienne
=> chop, hack
=> undercut
=> hack
=> chop, chop up
=> fell, drop, strike down, cut down
=> nick, chip
=> nick, snick
=> chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> pare, trim
=> circumcise
=> furrow, chamfer, chase
=> indent
=> mortise, mortice
=> mow, cut down
=> shear
=> slash, gash
=> slash, cut down
=> tap
=> hob
=> bore, drill
=> nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
=> dissect
=> bisect
=> transect
=> trisect
=> whittle, pare
=> chatter
=> cut away
=> tomahawk
=> sabre, saber
=> rebate
=> cradle
=> incise
=> trench
=> dock, tail, bob
=> slit, slice
=> saw
=> discerp, sever, lop
=> chase
=> bevel, chamfer
=> crosscut, cut across
=> rip
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb whittle
Sense 1
whittle, pare
=> cut
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Grep of verb whittle
whittle
whittle away
whittle down
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