Akademik

chip at
verb
engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
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carve one's name into the bark

• Syn: ↑carve
• See Also: ↑chip
• Derivationally related forms: ↑carver (for: ↑carve), ↑carving (for: ↑carve)
• Hypernyms: ↑cut
• Hyponyms: ↑chisel, ↑scratch, ↑engrave, ↑grave, ↑inscribe, ↑etch
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.