clipping

«clipping» in Mova's school dictionary: an article or picture cut out of a newspaper or magazine — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a clipping, clippings); verb form of clip (clipping)

meaning for a pupil

1) A clipping is an article or picture cut out of a newspaper or magazine. tree →

2) Clippings are small pieces cut off something, such as grass, hair or nails. tree →

3) Clipping is the -ing form of «clip»: cutting something short, or fastening with a clip. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school projects children stick newspaper clippings into a scrapbook. In the garden, grass clippings go into the compost. Phrases: newspaper clipping, grass clippings, hedge clippings, toenail clippings.

examples

• Mum kept a newspaper clipping about my football team. tree →
• We glued magazine clippings onto our poster. tree →
• Put the grass clippings in the compost bin. tree →
• Dad is clipping the hedge. tree →
• There were hair clippings all over the barber's floor. tree →
• She is clipping the pages together. tree →

note

Countable noun: a clipping, clippings. British English also says «a cutting» for a newspaper clipping. Verb: clip, clips, clipped, clipping (double p).

Trees and pragmatics

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