snip
1. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
snippet, snipping
• Derivationally related forms:
snip (for: snipping)
• Hypernyms:
piece
2. the act of clipping or snipping
• Syn:
clip, clipping
• Derivationally related forms:
clip (for: clipping), clip (for: clip)
• Hypernyms:
cut, cutting, cutting off
• Hyponyms:
nip, pinch
1. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- nip off the flowers
• Syn:
nip, nip off, clip, snip off
• Derivationally related forms:
snipping, clip (for: clip), clipper (for: clip), clipping (for: clip)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- dress the plants in the garden
• Syn:
clip, crop, trim, lop, dress,
prune, cut back
• Derivationally related forms:
pruner (for: prune), pruning (for: prune), lopper (for: lop), trim (for: trim), trimmer (for: trim), trimming (for: trim), crop (for: crop), clip (for: clip), clipper (for: clip), clipping (for: clip)
• Hypernyms:
thin out
• Hyponyms:
shear, poll, pollard, top, pinch, disbud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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