[{"word":"whittling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cut or shape wood with a knife.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(usually in the plural) A chip or shaving whittled from some larger substance.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood (non-artistic)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whittle","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whittling"]}]