chip at

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verb

engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface
- 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:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something