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Noun
S:
(n)
clipping
,
newspaper clipping
,
press clipping
,
cutting
,
press cutting
(an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine)
"he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
S:
(n)
trim
,
trimming
,
clipping
(cutting down to the desired size or shape)
S:
(n)
clip
,
clipping
,
snip
(the act of clipping or snipping)
Verb
S:
(v)
nip
,
nip off
,
clip
,
snip
,
snip off
(sever or remove by pinching or snipping)
"nip off the flowers"
S:
(v)
trot
,
jog
,
clip
(run at a moderately swift pace)
S:
(v)
clip
(attach with a clip)
"clip the papers together"
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
snip
,
clip
,
crop
,
trim
,
lop
,
dress
,
prune
,
cut back
(cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of)
"dress the plants in the garden"
S:
(v)
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"