| VERB | contact | chip at, carve | engrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface |
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| Meaning | engrave / engrave / engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | carve | |
| Narrower | chisel | carve with a chisel |
| engrave, etch | carve or cut a design or letters into | |
| scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| See also | chip | break a small piece off from |
| Spanish | tallar | |