Noun clipping has 3 senses
  1. 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
  2. trim, trimming, clipping - cutting down to the desired size or shape
    --2 is a kind of cut, cutting, cutting off
    --2 has particulars: pruning
    Derived form: verb clip4
  3. clip, clipping, snip - the act of clipping or snipping
    --3 is a kind of cut, cutting, cutting off
    Derived form: verb clip1
,Verb clip has 5 senses
  1. nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
    --1 is one way to cut
    Derived forms: noun clip5, noun clipper3, noun clipper4, noun clipping3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. trot, jog, clip - run at a moderately swift pace
    --2 is one way to run
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. clip - attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
    --3 is one way to
    attach
    Antonyms: unclip
    Derived form: noun clip3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  4. 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
    Derived forms: noun clip5, noun clipper3, noun clipping2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. 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
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