Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun whittle

1 sense of whittle

Sense 1
Whittle, Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle -- (English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996))
       INSTANCE OF=> aeronautical engineer -- (an engineer concerned with the design and construction of aircraft)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whittle

1 sense of whittle

Sense 1
whittle, pare -- (cut small bits or pare shavings from; "whittle a piece of wood")
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")