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chip at
Overview of verb chip-at
The verb chip at has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. carve, chip at -- (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark")
Antonyms of verb chip-at
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chip-at
1 sense of chip at
Sense 1
carve, chip at
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Also See> chip#5
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb chip-at
1 sense of chip at
Sense 1
carve, chip at
=> scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
=> engrave
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chip-at
1 sense of chip at
Sense 1
carve, chip at
=> cut
Also See> chip#5
'Cause To' of verb chip-at
Derived Forms of verb chip-at
Domain of verb chip-at
Domain Terms of verb chip-at
Familiarity of verb chip-at
chip at used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb chip-at
1 sense of chip at
Sense 1
carve, chip at
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb chip-at
1 sense of chip at
Sense 1
carve, chip at
> cut
=> manicure
=> scissor
=> plane, shave
=> slice, slice up
=> pink
=> jag
=> carve, cut up
=> carve
=> carve, chip at
=> cube, dice
=> julienne
=> chop, hack
=> undercut
=> hack
=> chop, chop up
=> fell, drop, strike down, cut down
=> nick, chip
=> nick, snick
=> chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> pare, trim
=> circumcise
=> furrow, chamfer, chase
=> indent
=> mortise, mortice
=> mow, cut down
=> shear
=> slash, gash
=> slash, cut down
=> tap
=> hob
=> bore, drill
=> nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
=> dissect
=> bisect
=> transect
=> trisect
=> whittle, pare
=> chatter
=> cut away
=> tomahawk
=> sabre, saber
=> rebate
=> cradle
=> incise
=> trench
=> dock, tail, bob
=> slit, slice
=> saw
=> discerp, sever, lop
=> chase
=> bevel, chamfer
=> crosscut, cut across
=> rip
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb chip-at
Sense 1
carve, chip at
=> cut
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