Best Alternative Words for CLIPS
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snip | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) • the act of clipping or snipping verb • sever or remove by pinching or snipping • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | ||||||||
clipping | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine • cutting down to the desired size or shape • the act of clipping or snipping | ||||||||
crop | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the yield from plants in a single growing season • a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale • a collection of people or things appearing together • the output of something in a season • the stock or handle of a whip • a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food verb • cut short • prepare for crops • yield crops • let feed in a field or pasture or meadow • feed as in a meadow or pasture • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | ||||||||
curtail | verbv | |||||||
verb • place restrictions on • terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | ||||||||
dress | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice • clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion • clothing in general adjective satellite • suitable for formal occasions • (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes verb • put on clothes • provide with clothes or put clothes on • put a finish on • dress in a certain manner • dress or groom with elaborate care • kill and prepare for market or consumption • arrange in ranks • decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods • provide with decoration • put a dressing on • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of • cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width • convert into leather • apply a bandage or medication to • give a neat appearance to • arrange attractively | ||||||||
jog | verbv | |||||||
noun • a sharp change in direction • a slow pace of running • a slight push or shake verb • continue talking or writing in a desultory manner • even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing • run for exercise • run at a moderately swift pace • give a slight push to • stimulate to remember | ||||||||
lop | verbv | |||||||
verb • cut off from a whole • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | ||||||||
magazine | nounn | |||||||
noun • a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it • product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object • a business firm that publishes magazines • a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required • a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored • a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun | ||||||||
nip | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent • a small drink of liquor • the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth • the property of being moderately cold • a tart spicy quality • a small sharp bite or snip verb • squeeze tightly between the fingers • give a small sharp bite to • sever or remove by pinching or snipping | ||||||||
prune | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • dried plum verb • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of • weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | ||||||||
time | nounn | |||||||
noun • an instance or single occasion for some event • a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something • an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) • a suitable moment • the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past • a person's experience on a particular occasion • a reading of a point in time as given by a clock • the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event • rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration • the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned verb • measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time • assign a time for an activity or event • set the speed, duration, or execution of • regulate or set the time of • adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time | ||||||||
trim | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a state of arrangement or appearance • a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment • attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation • cutting down to the desired size or shape adjective satellite • thin and fit • characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder • neat and smart in appearance • severely simple in line or design verb • remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size • decorate, as with ornaments • cut down on; make a reduction in • balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces • be in equilibrium during a flight • decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of • cut closely • adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used | ||||||||
trot | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a slow pace of running • radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be established throughout the world by continuing revolution • a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) • a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike the ground together verb • run at a moderately swift pace • ride at a trot • cause to trot | ||||||||
cartridge clip | nounn | |||||||
noun • a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun | ||||||||
cartridge holder | nounn | |||||||
noun • a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun | ||||||||
cut back | verbv | |||||||
verb • return in time • cut down on; make a reduction in • cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of • place restrictions on | ||||||||
cut short | ||||||||
verb • interrupt before its natural or planned end • cause to end earlier than intended • make shorter as if by cutting off • terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | ||||||||
nip off | verbv | |||||||
verb • sever or remove by pinching or snipping | ||||||||
snip off | verbv | |||||||
verb • sever or remove by pinching or snipping |