nnoun.communicationan excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazineSynset:cutting newspaper clipping press clipping press cutting
Examples:- he searched through piles of letters and clippings
Hypernyms:excerpt excerption extract selection
Inherited Hypernyms:clippingexcerptpassagesectionmusicauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:clippingexcerptpassagesectionwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.actcutting down to the desired size or shapeSynset:trim trimming
Derivationally Related Form:trimclip
Hypernyms:cut cutting cutting off
Inherited Hypernyms:trimcutshorteningdecreasechange of magnitudechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:pruning
nnoun.actthe act of clipping or snippingSynset:clip snip
Derivationally Related Form:snipclip
Hypernyms:cut cutting cutting off
Inherited Hypernyms:clipcutshorteningdecreasechange of magnitudechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:nippinch
vverb.contactsever or remove by pinching or snippingSynset:clip nip nip off snip snip off
Derivationally Related Form:snipsnippingclippingclipperclip
Hypernyms:cut
Inherited Hypernyms:nipcutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.motionrun at a moderately swift paceSynset:clip jog trot
Derivationally Related Form:trottrotterjogjoggingjogger
Hypernyms:run
Inherited Hypernyms:trotruntravel rapidlytravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactattach with a clipAntonyms:unclip
Derivationally Related Form:clip
Hypernyms:attach
Inherited Hypernyms:clipattachconnect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.contactcultivate, tend, and cut back the growth ofSynset:clip crop cut back dress lop prune snip trim
Examples:- dress the plants in the garden
Derivationally Related Form:prunertrimmingcroptrimmerpruninglopperclippertrimsnipclippingclip
Hypernyms:thin out
Inherited Hypernyms:snipthin outreducedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:disbudpinchpollpollardsheartop
Full Troponyms:disbudpollsheartailtop
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the trees (apply to: trim, prune, crop, lop, cut back)
vverb.changeterminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extentSynset:clip curtail cut short
Examples:- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
Derivationally Related Form:curtailment
Hypernyms:shorten
Inherited Hypernyms:clipshortenreducedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something