chip
1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole (Freq. 1)
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
• Syn:
bit, flake, fleck, scrap
• Derivationally related forms:
flaky (for: flake), flakey (for: flake), flake (for: flake)
• Hypernyms:
fragment
• Hyponyms:
matchwood, scale, scurf, exfoliation, splinter, sliver
2. a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
seafaring, navigation, sailing
• Hypernyms:
float
3. a piece of dried bovine dung
• Syn:
cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip
• Hypernyms:
droppings, dung, muck
4. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
• Syn:
crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip
• Derivationally related forms:
crisp (for: crisp), crispy (for: crisp)
• Hypernyms:
snack food
5. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
• Syn:
check
• Derivationally related forms:
check (for: check)
• Hypernyms:
blemish, defect, mar
6. a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
• Syn:
poker chip
• Hypernyms:
counter
• Hyponyms:
blue chip
7. electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
• Syn:
microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip
• Hypernyms:
semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor
• Hyponyms:
biochip, gene chip, DNA chip, memory chip, microprocessor
• Part Holonyms:
computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
• Part Meronyms:
integrated circuit, microcircuit
8. (golf) a low running approach shot
• Syn:
chip shot
• Topics:
golf, golf game
• Hypernyms:
approach, approach shot
9. the act of chipping something
• Syn:
chipping, splintering
• Derivationally related forms:
splinter (for: splintering), chip (for: chipping)
• Hypernyms:
breakage, break, breaking
1. break off (a piece from a whole) (Freq. 1)
- Her tooth chipped
• Syn:
chip off, come off, break away, break off
• Derivationally related forms:
chipping
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide, part
• Hyponyms:
peel off, peel, flake off, flake, exfoliate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- The glass tubes chip
- These glasses chip easily
2. cut a nick into (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
nick
• Derivationally related forms:
nick (for: nick)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. play a chip shot
• Topics:
golf, golf game
• Hypernyms:
shoot
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. form by chipping
- They chipped their names in the stone
• Hypernyms:
shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. break a small piece off from
- chip the glass
- chip a tooth
• Syn:
knap, cut off, break off
• See Also:
chip at
• Derivationally related forms:
chipping
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They chip the glass tubes
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