nnoun.artifact(plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metalDomain Usage:pluralplural form
Synset:tinsnips
Hypernyms:shears
Inherited Hypernyms:snipsshearsscissorscompound leverleverbarimplementinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:snipsshearsscissorsedge toolcuttercutting implementtoolimplementinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.artifacta small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)Synset:snip snippet snipping
Derivationally Related Form:snip
Hypernyms:piece
Inherited Hypernyms:snippiecepartobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.actthe act of clipping or snippingSynset:clip clipping snip
Derivationally Related Form:snipclip
Hypernyms:cut cutting cutting off
Inherited Hypernyms:clipcutshorteningdecreasechange of magnitudechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:nippinch
vverb.contactsever or remove by pinching or snippingSynset:clip nip nip off snip snip off
Derivationally Related Form:snipsnippingclippingclipperclip
Hypernyms:cut
Inherited Hypernyms:nipcutseparatemove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.contactcultivate, tend, and cut back the growth ofSynset:clip crop cut back dress lop prune snip trim
Examples:- dress the plants in the garden
Derivationally Related Form:prunertrimmingcroptrimmerpruninglopperclippertrimsnipclippingclip
Hypernyms:thin out
Inherited Hypernyms:snipthin outreducedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:disbudpinchpollpollardsheartop
Full Troponyms:disbudpollsheartailtop
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the trees (apply to: trim, prune, crop, lop, cut back)