to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to shave off; to scrape off
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to machine; to cut; to scrape
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
to scrape off; to plane off
cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance
pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends
wooden flower whittled from a log