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Word: Chop
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English: variant of chap
tʃɒp
cut (something) into pieces with repeated sharp blows of an axe or knife
Short Definition:cut something into pieces
Examples:- they chopped up the pulpit for firewood
- finely chop the parsley
abolish or reduce the size of (something) in a way regarded as ruthless
Short Definition:abolish or reduce something
Examples:- their training courses are to be chopped
Word: Chop
Speech Type: Noun
tʃɒp
a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the hand
Short Definition:downward cutting blow
Examples:- an effective chop to the back of the neck
dismissal from employment
Short Definition:dismissal from employment
Examples:- hundreds more workers have been given the chop
a thick slice of meat, especially pork or lamb, adjacent to and often including a rib
Short Definition:thick slice of meat
Examples:- he lived on liver or chops
a person's share of something.
Short Definition:person's share
crushed or ground grain used as animal feed
Short Definition:grain used as animal feed
Examples:- the pile of chop was dropped into the calves' feeder
the broken motion of water, owing to the action of the wind against the tide
Short Definition:broken motion of waves
Examples:- we started our run into a two-foot chop
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