NIBBLE AWAY AT STH

Meaning of NIBBLE AWAY AT STH in English

to take away small amounts of sth, so that the total amount is gradually reduced

SYN erode :

Inflation is nibbling away at spending power.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NIBBLE — v. mordettar, roder; n. morsade
English interlingue dictionary
NIBBLE — ingkib;itlib;kibkib;kut
English-Visayan vocabulary
NIBBLE — I. verb (~d; nibbling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1512 transitive verb 1. to bite gently, to eat or chew …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NIBBLE — I. ˈnibəl verb ( nibbled ; nibbled ; nibbling -b(ə)liŋ ; nibbles ) Etymology: origin unknown transitive verb 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AWAY — I. əˈwā adverb Etymology: Middle English away, on way, from Old English aweg, onweg, from a- (I) , on + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NIBBLE — (v. t.) To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small …
Английский словарь Webster
NIBBLE — ( v. t. ) To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NIBBLE — /nib"euhl/ , v. , nibbled, nibbling , n. v.i. 1. to bite off small bits. 2. to eat or chew …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AWAY — /euh way"/ , adv. 1. from this or that place; off: to go away. 2. aside; to another place; in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AWAY — I. ə-ˈwā adverb Date: before 12th century 1. : on the way : along get away early 2. : from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NIBBLE — noun a small or cautious bite. 2. nibble ·vt to bite by little at a time; to seize gently with …
Webster English vocab
AWAY — adv from a place; hence. 2. away ·adv aside; off; in another direction. 3. away ·adv from a state or …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NIBBLE — [nib.ble] vb nib.bled ; nib.bling [origin unknown] vt (ca. 1512) 1 a: to bite gently b: to eat or chew …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AWAY — [away] adv (bef. 12c) 1: on the way: along "get ~ early" 2: from this or that place: hence, thence …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NIBBLE — / ˈnɪbl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. nibble (at sth) to take small bites of sth, especially …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWAY — / əˈweɪ; NAmE / adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of away in phrasal verbs, look at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NIBBLE — I. nib ‧ ble 1 /ˈnɪb ə l/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Perhaps from Low German …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AWAY — I. a ‧ way 1 S1 W1 /əˈweɪ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: onweg , aweg …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. --adv. 1 to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. adv. 1 to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. --adv. 1. to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Oxford English vocab
NIBBLE — ( nibbles, nibbling, nibbled) 1. If you nibble food, you eat it by biting very small pieces of it, for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWAY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Away' is often used with verbs …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NIBBLE — (~s, nibbling, ~d) 1. If you ~ food, you eat it by biting very small pieces of it, for example …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NIBBLE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB away ▪ But on flexible, bending, shifting Hsu Fu the canvas had been …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AWAY — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car drives off/away ▪ The police car drove off at top speed. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NIBBLE — [verb] - to eat (something) by taking a lot of small bitesWe ought to have some peanuts to nibble while …
Cambridge English vocab
AWAY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AWAY — adj. Function: adverb 1 from this or that place FF1C; come away at once FF1E; Synonyms: hence, thence Related Words: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AWAY — I. adverb 1. from this or that place come away at once Synonyms: hence, thence Related Word: forth, out, therefrom …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NIBBLE — verb Nibble is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bait , ↑ biscuit , ↑ ear
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AWAY — See ↑ DISTANCE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a long way off/far off/far away • ↑ at once/right away • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
NIBBLE — n. 25B6; verb they nibbled at mangoes : TAKE SMALL BITES (FROM), pick, gnaw, peck, snack on; toy with; taste, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AWAY — adj. 25B6; adverb she began to walk away : OFF, from here, from there. stay away from the trouble : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NIBBLE — < data > /nib'l/ (US "nybble", by analogy with "bite" -> "byte") Half a byte . Since a byte is …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
NIBBLE
Dirty English-Russian vocab
NIBBLE — noun Also written nybble (Science and Technology) In computing jargon, half a byte (four 'bits') of information. Etymology: Formed humorously …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIBBLE — 1. сущ. 1) обгрызание; откусывание; щипание 2) клевание, клев not a nibble ≈ ни одна рыба не клюнула When you …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AWAY — нареч. 1) обозначает : а) отдаленность от данного места далеко; б) отдаленность во времени давно away from home ≈ вдали …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NIBBLE — nibble.ogg 1. ʹnıb(ə)l n 1. обгрызание; откусывание 2. чуточка, капелька to take a nibble - откусить кусочек 3. клёв ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AWAY — away.ogg 1. əʹweı a 1. predic 1> отсутствующий, в отсутствии to be away - отсутствовать; уехать he is away - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AT — at.ogg æt (полная форма); ət (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NIBBLE — щипать, вырубный - nibble shears
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NIBBLE — 1. ʹnıb(ə)l n 1. обгрызание; откусывание 2. чуточка, капелька to take a nibble - откусить кусочек 3. клёв ( рыбы …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AWAY — 1. əʹweı a 1. predic 1> отсутствующий, в отсутствии to be away - отсутствовать; уехать he is away - он …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AT — prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, около at the door the window, the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STH — брит. ; сокр. от south , southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NIBBLE — 1. сущ. 1) обгрызание; откусывание; щипание 2) клевание, клев not a nibble — ни одна рыба не клюнула When you …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AWAY — нареч. 1) а) ( отдаленность от данного места ) далеко away from home — вдали от дома б) ( отдаленность …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AT — I æt ( полная форма ); ət ( редуцированная форма ) предл. 1) ( самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STH — брит.; сокр. от south, southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NIBBLE — 1. сущ. 1) обгрызание; откусывание; щипание 2) клевание, клев not a nibble — ни одна рыба не клюнула When you see a nibble do …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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