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Word: Tip
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old Norse typpi (noun), typpa (verb), typptr ‘tipped’; related to top
tɪp
the pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering
Short Definition:pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering
Examples:- George pressed the tips of his fingers together
- the northern tip of Scotland
Word: Tip
Speech Type: Verb
tɪp
attach to or cover the end or extremity of
Short Definition:attach to or cover end or extremity of
Examples:- the peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow
- sometimes they tip the arrows with poison
(in bookbinding) paste a single page, typically an illustration, to the neighbouring page of a book by a thin line of paste down its inner margin
Short Definition:(in bookbinding) paste single page to neighbouring page of book by thin line of paste down its inner margin
Examples:- tipped in here is a clipping from a magazine
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