Term Gallery logo

Значения термина whittle на английском

каталонский
frank whittle
испанский
frank whittle

English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)

frank whittle

Cut small bits or pare shavings from.

Синонимы
Examples for "pare"
Examples for "pare"
1
The infusion helped Jet pare down debt and fight growing domestic competition.
Reuters
2
No wonder the French public fiercely resists attempts to pare it back.
The Irish Times
3
Cut the okra in thin slices, and pare and slice the tomatoes.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
4
An added advantage of this strategy would be to pare housing-related debt.
Reuters
5
Select pears of uniform size and then pare and cut in half.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
Использование термина whittle на английском
1
The spaceflight experience however, will definitely whittle down the pool of applicants.
Wired
2
For Mac users, there are several ways to whittle down your tracks.
Wired
3
You can whittle down your ambitions later to match your bank account.
Reuters
4
It was Beal who helped the Wizards whittle the Thunder lead down.
Reuters
5
They may not whittle sticks, but can programme machines and download software.
The Guardian
6
Roscoe loved to whittle better than any man July had ever known.
Lonesome dove
7
Before we do that, I want to whittle down their shipboard defenses.
War Of Honor
8
And we whittle them down, with David doing most of the whittling.
The new yorker
9
He can whittle anything if you only show him what you want.
Poor White: A Novel
10
Flujencio, you know it is said that these 'Yankees' always 'whittle' everything.
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
11
Viewers will whittle down the group over the course of the eight-week competition.
Reuters
12
His treatment was to whittle pine plugs and insert them in the nostrils.
Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
13
I whittle away the rough barks of words as I go.
The Irish Times
14
Chaucer speaks of the Miller of Trompington as provided with a Sheffield whittle:-
Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers
15
Deloitte will whittle the offers to the three most viable contenders next week.
News.com.au
16
I'll want to sit at the desk and whittle most of the time.
Calumet "K"
Об этом термине
Больше словосочетаний
Translations for whittle
каталонский
frank whittle
испанский
frank whittle
Whittle через время
Whittle в диалектах
Соединенные Штаты Америки
Частое
Великобритания
Частое