- nibble away/off
- nibble away/offweg/afknabbelen, weg/afknagen
English-Dutch dictionary. 2013.
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nibble — /nib euhl/, v., nibbled, nibbling, n. v.i. 1. to bite off small bits. 2. to eat or chew in small bites: Give him a graham cracker to nibble on. 3. to bite, eat, or chew gently and in small amounts (usually fol. by at): She was so upset she could… … Universalium
nibble — nib|ble1 [ˈnıbəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Low German nibbeln to chew bits off ] 1.) [I and T] to eat small amounts of food by taking very small bites ▪ He nibbled the biscuit cautiously. nibble at ▪ There s a fish nibbling at my… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nibble — nib•ble [[t]ˈnɪb əl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to bite off small bits: to nibble on a cracker[/ex] 2) to eat or chew in small bites 3) to bite lightly or gently 4) to bite off or take small bits of (something) 5) to eat by biting off small pieces … From formal English to slang
erode — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, abrade, abrase, absorb, abstract, assimilate, atomize, bark, bate, be consumed, be eaten away, be gone, bite, bleed white, break up, burn up, canker, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, chafe, come apart … Moby Thesaurus
gnaw — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, agonize, ail, annoy, badger, bark, bedevil, beleaguer, bite, bother, burn, canker, chafe, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chomp, consume, convulse, corrode, crucify, crumble,… … Moby Thesaurus
corrode — Synonyms and related words: abate, ablate, atomize, bate, be eaten away, bite, break up, canker, come apart, consume, consume away, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, decay, decline, decompose, decrease, deliquesce, die away, diminish,… … Moby Thesaurus
eat up — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, adore, and sinker, appreciate, assimilate, banquet, bask in, be a sucker, be pleased with, be taken in, bite, bleed white, bolt, burn up, consume, delight in, deplete, derive pleasure from, devour,… … Moby Thesaurus
canker — n 1. lesion, chancre, chancroid, soft chancre, simple chancre; abscess, ulcer, ulceration, noma, fester, festering, gathering, gumboil, parulis, tubercle, Obs. apostem or aposteme or apostume or aposthume, Obs. apostemation, Archaic. impostume;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
eat — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, deplete, devour, diet, digest, disregard, dissolve, down, drain, drain of resources, drink, eat away, eat… … Moby Thesaurus
gnaw — v. (past part. gnawed or gnawn) 1 a tr. (usu. foll. by away, off, in two, etc.) bite persistently; wear away by biting. b intr. (often foll. by at, into) bite, nibble. 2 a intr. (often foll. by at, into) (of a destructive agent, pain, fear, etc.) … Useful english dictionary
oxidize — Synonyms and related words: acetify, acidify, acidulate, alkalify, alkalize, blaze, blister, borate, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, canker, carbonate, cast, catalyze, cauterize, char, chemical, chlorinate, coal, corrode, crack, cupel, eat, eat… … Moby Thesaurus
