Polyglot Dictionary

whittle down

/ˈwɪtəl daʊn/

noun C1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. reducir poco a poco

    • They whittled down the list of candidates.

      Redujeron poco a poco la lista de candidatos.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

peter out

whittle down means to reduce something specific, gradually; peter out means to fade away gradually, on its own — a directional distinction.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa whittle down?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: They whittled ___ the list of candidates.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a whittle down?

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