whittle
Meaning (English)
to reduce something gradually by successive cuts
Meaning (मराठी)
हळूहळू कमी करणे, कापत नेणे
Used in a sentence
Successive revisions whittled the outlay down to half the original demand.
लागोपाठच्या फेरबदलांनी तरतूद मूळ मागणीच्या निम्म्यावर आणून ठेवली.