snip
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Types & categories
- piece hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
nip off the flowers
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of clipping or snipping
Types & categories
- cutting off hypernym
- pinch hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
dress the plants in the garden
Types & categories
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prune |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clip |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | piece |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | clipper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | clipper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snip |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prune |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | clip |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cutting off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snip |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | clipping |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pruning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | clipper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pruning hook |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snip |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pruner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | harvest |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | thin out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shear |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pollard |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disbud |