HyperDic: chip_at

English > 1 sense of the expression chip at:
VERBcontactchip at, carveengrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
English > chip at: 1 sense > verb 1, contact
Meaningengrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymcarve
Narrowerchiselcarve with a chisel
engrave, etchcarve or cut a design or letters into
scratch, engrave, grave, inscribecarve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
Broadercutseparate with or as if with an instrument
See alsochipbreak a small piece off from
Spanishcortar, labrar, tallar, trinchar
Catalantallar, trinxar

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