clipped
part of speech
verb, past of clip (clip, clips, clipped, clipping); adjective (clipped)
meaning for a pupil
1) Clipped is the past form of «clip»: cut something short or neat with scissors or clippers (clipped the hedge, clipped his nails). tree →
2) Clipped also means fastened with a clip (clipped the papers together). tree →
3) Clipped means hit something lightly or quickly on the edge. tree →
4) A clipped voice or way of speaking is short, quick and rather unfriendly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life hair, nails, hedges and coupons are clipped; papers and badges are clipped on. In stories, a clipped answer shows a character is cross or in a hurry; a car that clipped a kerb just touched it. Phrases: clipped on, clipped together, clipped hedge, a clipped voice, clipped wings.
examples
- Dad clipped the hedge in the front garden. tree →
- The vet clipped the dog's nails. tree →
- She clipped her name badge onto her jumper. tree →
- The papers were clipped together. tree →
- The ball clipped the top of the bar and went over. tree →
- «Fine,» she said in a clipped voice. tree →
- The bird's wings had been clipped so it could not fly away. tree →
- Running up, he caught the bird and clipped its wings. tree →
note
Past of «clip»: double the p before -ed and -ing (clipped, clipping). Pronounced with one syllable: KLIPT. «Clip someone's wings» means to limit their freedom.
In the corpora
- The sounds must be short and clipped.
- A hangnail is clipped with clean clippers, because pulling it tears the skin and can cause infection.
- For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «clipped» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.