tipped

«tipped» in Mova's school dictionary: turned over or tilted so it fell or poured: «she tipped… — 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

past form and past participle of the verb «tip» (tip, tips, tipped, tipping); adjective (-tipped, tipped with)

meaning for a pupil

1) Tipped means turned over or tilted so it fell or poured: «she tipped the water out». tree →

2) Tipped means gave a small extra amount of money to someone for their service, like a waiter. tree →

3) Tipped (to win) means expected or predicted to win or do well. tree →

4) Tipped (adjective) means having a tip or end of a certain kind: «a felt-tipped pen», «tipped with gold». tree →

5) Tipped someone off means secretly warned or told them something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life a glass is «tipped over» and spills; a family «tipped the waiter». In science, a tilted cup «tipped» shows balance and centre of gravity. In sports news a team is «tipped to win». Craft lessons use «felt-tipped pens». In maths, tipping is percentages: a 10% tip on $20 is $2. Phrases: «tipped over», «tipped off», «tipped to win», «felt-tipped».

examples

• The cat tipped over the vase. tree →
• We tipped the sand out of our shoes. tree →
• Dad tipped the taxi driver two dollars. tree →
• Our team is tipped to win the cup. tree →
• Use a felt-tipped pen for the poster. tree →
• The arrows were tipped with feathers. tree →
• Someone tipped off the police. tree →
• In his hand was a strong bow and red-tipped arrow. tree →

note

Double p: tip → tipped, tipping. Tipping customs differ: common in the USA and Canada, smaller in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ. Maths: tip = percentage × bill.

In the corpora

• Lorikeets have brush-tipped tongues for licking nectar and pollen from flowers, and they are noisy visitors to gardens in eastern Australia.
• Sit with all four chair legs on the floor, because a tipped chair slips and you hit your head.
• A boy in Canada cooked pasta on his own and tipped the pan; the boiling water splashed his legs and he was burned.
• Boiling water causes many children's burns, especially when pans are tipped or pulled down.
• Uranus is tipped over by about 98 degrees, so it rolls round the Sun on its side.

Trees and pragmatics

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