clipper

«clipper» in Mova's school dictionary: a tool for cutting hair, nails or hedges — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (clipper, clippers)

meaning for a pupil

1) Clippers are a tool for cutting hair, nails or hedges. tree →

2) A clipper was a fast sailing ship in the 1800s. tree →

3) A clipper can be anything that clips or holds things. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life barbers use hair clippers and people cut their nails with nail clippers. In history lessons clipper ships carried tea and wool across oceans very fast, for example from China and Australia to Britain. In safety lessons sharp clippers are used only with care. Phrases: hair clippers, nail clippers, hedge clippers, clipper ship.

examples

• The barber used clippers to cut my hair. tree →
• Mum trimmed my nails with nail clippers. tree →
• Dad cut the hedge with clippers. tree →
• The clipper ship sailed fast across the ocean. tree →
• The Cutty Sark is a famous clipper. tree →
• Be careful, the clippers are sharp. tree →

note

For tools it is usually plural: «clippers», «a pair of clippers», like scissors. For the ship it is singular: «a clipper». From the verb «clip» (to cut a little or to fasten).

In the corpora

• Fingernails are cut following the curve and toenails straight across, with nail clippers or by an adult.
• A hangnail is clipped with clean clippers, because pulling it tears the skin and can cause infection.
• Fingernails are cut following their curve and toenails straight across, with nail clippers or by an adult.
• NASA's Europa Clipper launched in 2024 and should reach Jupiter in 2030 to study whether Europa could support life.

Trees and pragmatics

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