clip

«clip» in Mova's school dictionary: a small object that holds things together or in place: a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (clip, clips); verb (clip, clips, clipped, clipping)

meaning for a pupil

1) A clip is a small object that holds things together or in place: a paper clip, a hair clip. tree →

2) To clip means to fasten with a clip: clip the badge onto your coat. tree →

3) To clip means to cut small bits off with scissors or clippers: clip the hedge, clip your nails. tree →

4) A clip is a short piece of a film or video. tree →

5) To clip means to hit lightly at the edge: the car clipped the kerb. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: paper clips, hair clips, clipping a dog's nails, video clips on a tablet. In safety, children clip on helmets and seat belts properly (buckles that click); online, short clips can be fake or edited to mislead. In science, crocodile clips connect wires in electric circuits. Phrases: paper clip, hair clip, video clip, clip on, clip together, crocodile clip, at a fast clip (fast).

examples

• Hold the pages together with a paper clip. tree →
• She wore a butterfly clip in her hair. tree →
• We watched a short clip of a volcano erupting. tree →
• Clip the wires to the battery with crocodile clips. tree →
• Dad clipped the hedge in the garden. tree →
• Make sure your helmet strap is clipped under your chin. tree →
• The bike clipped the edge of the pavement. tree →
• Was it not enough to clip off the end of my beard? tree →

note

Double p: clipped, clipping. A «clipping» is also a piece cut from a newspaper (UK «cutting»). Online video clips may be cut to show only part of what happened — check the whole story.

In the corpora

• It was reported that scammers use AI to copy voices from short clips found online.
• Short video apps often use one catchy clip of a song; the full song usually has verses, a chorus and other parts.
• The sounds must be short and clipped.
• A hangnail is clipped with clean clippers, because pulling it tears the skin and can cause infection.
• Where did they come from?» Out it all came — the clip, the dreams, the light.

Trees and pragmatics

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