- clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting - an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
--1 is a kind of excerpt, extract, selection
- trim, trimming, clipping - cutting down to the desired size or shape
--2 is a kind of cut, cutting, cutting off
--2 has particulars: pruningDerived form: verb clip4 - clip, clipping, snip - the act of clipping or snipping
--3 is a kind of cut, cutting, cutting off
Derived form: verb clip1
- nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
--1 is one way to cut
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun clip5, noun clipper3, noun clipper4, noun clipping3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- trot, jog, clip - run at a moderately swift pace
--2 is one way to run
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- clip - attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
--3 is one way to attach
Antonyms: unclip
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun clip3
Somebody ----s something PP
- snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
--4 is one way to thin out
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun clip5, noun clipper3, noun clipping2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- clip, curtail, cut short - terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
--5 is one way to shorten
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something