Related Words for whittle

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pare
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Verb, Noun
down
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
distill
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Verb
condense
x/
Verb
distil
x/
Noun
narrowed
/x
Verb
carve
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Verb
wrangle
/x
Noun
hone
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Noun
cram
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Noun
cull
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Noun
amass
x/
Verb
sharpen
/x
Verb
lessen
/x
Verb
curtail
x/
Verb
pick
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Verb
strangle
/x
Verb
chop
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Noun
away
x/
Adverb
widen
/x
Verb
fatten
/x
Verb
sidestep
/x
Verb
parse
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Noun
muster
/x
Noun
flatten
/x
Verb
refine
x/
Verb
shorten
/x
Verb
confine
x/
Verb
dwindle
/x
Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
stick
/
Noun
scrape
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Noun
mangle
/x
Noun
constrict
x/
Verb
manage
/x
Verb
methodically
x/xxx
Adverb
stagger
/x
Noun
enough
x/
Adjective
stave
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Noun
entrench
x/
Verb
banish
/x
Verb
laboriously
x/xxx
Adverb
reduce
x/
Verb
unearth
x/
Verb
fleshing
/x
Noun
sever
/x
Noun
cobble
/x
Noun
limit
/x
Noun
shrink
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Verb
weigh
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Verb
inching
/x
Verb
loosen
/x
Verb
outstrip
x/
Verb
take
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Verb
whet
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Verb
restrict
x/
Verb
halve
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Verb
bury
/x
Noun
pluck
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Noun
constrain
x/
Verb
deplete
x/
Verb
settle
/x
Verb
meander
x/x
Noun
tame
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Adjective
count
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Noun
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
steadily
/xx
Adverb
weaken
/x
Verb
compile
x/
Verb
tempt
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Verb
consolidate
x/xx
Verb
wring
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Verb
cripple
/x
Noun
incapacitate
xx/xx
Verb
inflict
x/
Verb
broaden
/x
Verb
untangle
x/x
Verb
displace
x/
Verb
divest
x/
Verb
hard
/
Adjective
sublimate
x/x
Noun
decide
x/
Verb
brainstorm
/x
Noun
stiletto
x/x
Noun
shiv
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Name
hatchet
/x
Noun
snip
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Noun
shave
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Verb
blade
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Noun
ching
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Noun
slash
/
Noun
prickle
/x
Noun
whisk
/
Noun
kick
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Noun
slip
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Noun
dagger
/x
Noun
flick
/
Noun
clutch
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Noun
whistle
/x
Noun
burr
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Name
clip
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Noun
splash
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Noun
wile
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Noun
clapper
/x
Noun
wick
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Noun
sliver
/x
Noun
wipe
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Verb
thwack
/
Noun
feather
/x
Noun
spittle
/x
Noun
golding
/x
Name
stringer
/x
Noun
blackburn
/x
Name
greenwood
/x
Name
champion
/xx
Noun
patented
/xx
Verb
robinson
/xx
Name
thomas
/x
Name
poor
/
Adjective
invented
x/x
Verb
british
/x
Adjective
england
/x
Name
threw
/
Verb
designed
x/
Verb
married
/x
Verb
others
/x
Noun
told
/
Verb
suggested
x/x
Verb
continued
x/x
Verb
proposed
x/
Verb
wrote
/
Verb
bailey
/x
Name
barnes
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Name
baronet
/xx
Noun
benson
/x
Name
bentley
/x
Name
blair
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Name
brown
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Name, Adjective, Verb
byron
/x
Name
came
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Noun
capote
x/
Name
cardigan
/xx
Noun
cecil
/x
Name
col
x
Noun
constance
/x
Name
cooper
/x
Name, Verb
cotton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dudley
/x
Name
fix
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Verb, Noun
hood
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
marina
x/x
Noun
oliver
/xx
Name, Adjective
bog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
gloss
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Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
nickel
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
grape
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb