chop

«chop» in Mova's school dictionary: to cut something into pieces with a knife or an axe — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (chop, chops, chopped, chopping); noun (a chop, chops)

meaning for a pupil

1) To chop means to cut something into pieces with a knife or an axe. tree →

2) To chop down a tree means to cut it so it falls. tree →

3) A chop is a thick slice of meat with a bone, such as a pork or lamb chop. tree →

4) A chop is a quick hard hit or cut, like a karate chop. tree →

5) To chop something up at a mouthful means to swallow it in one big bite. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the kitchen you chop vegetables with a sharp knife on a chopping board — an adult should help, and fingers stay curled away from the blade. Woodcutters chop wood for a fire. In stories «chop» shows quick, strong cutting. Phrases: «chop up», «chop down», «chop off», «chopping board», «pork chop», «karate chop», «chop and change» (keep changing your mind), «get the chop» (be removed).

examples

• Dad chopped the carrots into small pieces. tree →
• Please chop the onions for the soup. tree →
• They chopped down the dead tree. tree →
• We had lamb chops for dinner. tree →
• Use a chopping board, not the table. tree →
• He broke the board with a karate chop. tree →
• Keep your fingers away when you chop. tree →
• The logs were chopped for the campfire. tree →
• He'll certainly chop us up at a mouthful. tree →

note

Double p before -ed and -ing: chopped, chopping. «Chop» means cutting into pieces; «slice» means cutting thin flat pieces. Safety: chopping uses sharp tools; children chop only with an adult. «Chopsticks» are eating sticks, not for chopping.

In the corpora

• Chop red cabbage, soak it in hot water, and you get a purple juice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.