WHITTLE

v. cut; peel; cut away, shape; cut down

n. knife, pocket-knife (Archaic)

Whittle may refer to:Whittle (UK game show), a game show on Channel 5 presented by Tim VineWhittling, the carving of wood with a knifeOne of several people with the surname Whittle, including:Alasdair Whittle, professor of ArchaeologyBill Whittle, American bloggerChris Whittle, American entrepreneur who founded Channel One News and Edison Schools, Inc.Frank Whittle, Royal Air Force officer who invented the jet engineJohn Woods Whittle, Australian soldier and recipient of the Victoria CrossLesley Whittle, murder victimPeter Whittle, a New Zealand mathematician and statisticianStephen Whittle, British transsexual activist
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Verb
1. cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood"
(synonym) pare
(hypernym) cut
(derivation) whittler

(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.
  

(v. t.)
To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
  

(v. i.)
To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
  

(n.)
Same as Whittle shawl, below.
  

(n.)
A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.
  

(n.)
A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
  

Synonyms and related words:
amputate, ax, bisect, blade, butcher, carve, chop, cleave, cold steel, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off, cutlery, cutter, dagger, dichotomize, dissever, edge tools, excise, fissure, gash, hack, halve, hew, incise, jigsaw, knife, lance, naked steel, pare, pigsticker, point, prune, puncturer, rend, rive, saw, scissor, sever, sharpener, slash, slice, slit, snip, split, steel, sunder, sword, tear, toad sticker