Related Words for whittle down

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wear away
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Phrase, Verb
whittle away
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Phrase, Verb
whittling
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Verb
cut down
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Phrase, Verb, Adjective
diminution
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Noun
reducing
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Verb
diminishment
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Noun
decreasing
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Verb
shrinking
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Noun
dwindle
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Verb
cut back
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Phrase, Verb
narrow down
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Phrase, Verb
winnowing
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Noun
reduction
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Noun
narrowing
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Noun
boil down
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Phrase, Verb
downsize
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Verb
simplification
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Noun
minimization
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Noun
economize
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Verb
chop off
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Phrase, Verb
chop down
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Phrase, Verb
thinning
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Noun
minimising
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Verb
lessening
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Noun
cutback
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Noun
shrinkage
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Noun
shorten
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Verb
tapering off
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Phrase, Adjective
cutting
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Noun
subdivide
xx/
Verb
cutting out
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Phrase, Noun
cut out
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Phrase, Verb, Adjective
taper off
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Phrase, Verb
cut into
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Phrase, Verb
decrement
xxx
Noun
cutting off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
tapering
/xx
Verb
lowering
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Verb
subtracting
x/x
Verb
subtraction
x/x
Noun
trimming
/x
Verb
depreciate
x/xx
Verb
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
against
x/
Noun
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
along
x/
Adverb
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
an
/
Noun
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
ashore
x/
Adverb
attempt
x/
Noun, Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
bailey
/x
Name
ball
/
Noun, Verb
barnes
/
Name
baronet
/xx
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
beneath
x/
Adverb
benson
/x
Name
bentley
/x
Name
blair
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Name
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
broke
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
brown
/
Name, Adjective, Verb
byron
/x
Name
cache
/
Noun, Verb
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
came
/
Noun
capote
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Name
cardigan
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Noun
cecil
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Name
circuitous
x/xx
Adjective
civilize
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Verb
coated
/x
Adjective
col
x
Noun
constance
/x
Name
constrained
x/
Adjective
consume
x/
Verb
cooper
/x
Name, Verb
corporatist
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Noun, Adjective
cotton
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cultivate
/xx
Verb
deactivated
x/xxx
Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
decline
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Noun, Verb
decoupled
x/x
Verb
dejected
x/x
Adjective
depressed
x/
Adjective
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
descent
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Noun
destroy
x/
Verb
detail
x/
Noun, Verb
deterministic
xxx/x
Adjective
devour
x/x
Verb
dimensional
x/xx
Adjective
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
dispirited
x/xx
Adjective
dive
/
Noun, Verb
divine
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
dormant
/x
Adjective, Noun
downcast
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
downed
/
Adjective
downhill
//
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
downstairs
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
drifts
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
duck
/
Noun, Verb
dudley
/x
Name
earth
/
Noun, Verb
eases
/x
Verb, Noun
eat
/
Verb, Noun
educate
/xx
Verb
elevator
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Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
fade
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
fallen
/x
Adjective, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
feathers
/x
Verb
feet
/
Noun
fill
/
Verb, Noun
fix
/
Verb, Noun
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fractional
/xx
Adjective, Noun
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gun
/
Noun, Verb
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
hood
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective
integrated
/xxx
Adjective
into
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Noun
jedi
/x
Name
judgment
/x
Noun
kill
/
Verb, Noun
kneel
/
Verb
knock down
//
Phrase, Verb
land
/
Noun, Verb
lap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
least
/
Adverb, Noun
line
/
Noun, Verb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lose
/
Verb, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
malfunctioning
x/xx
Noun
marina
x/x
Noun
markovian
/xxx
Adjective
mastered
/x
Adjective
me
/
Noun
mike
/
Name, Verb
nearly
/x
Adverb
neoclassical
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
new
/
Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
nonfunctional
x/xx
Adjective
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
oliver
/xx
Name, Adjective
onshore
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
pare
/
Verb
perfect
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
piece
/
Noun, Verb
plummeted
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Verb
plunge
/
Verb, Noun
polish
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pull down
//
Phrase, Verb
quiet
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Adjective, Verb, Noun