CHIP (chipped, chipping)

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• CHIP (noun)
  The noun CHIP has 9 senses:

1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
2. a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
3. a piece of dried bovine dung
4. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
5. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
6. a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
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
8. a low running approach shot
9. the act of chipping something

  Familiarity information: CHIP used as a noun is familiar.

• CHIP (verb)
  The verb CHIP has 5 senses:

1. break off (a piece from a whole)
2. cut a nick into
3. play a chip shot
4. form by chipping
5. break a small piece off from

  Familiarity information: CHIP used as a verb is common.

• CHIP (noun)

Meaning:

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

chip; scrap; fleck; bit; flake

Context example:

a bit of rock caught him in the eye

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chip"):

sliver; splinter (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)

scurf ((botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts)

exfoliation; scale; scurf (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)

matchwood (fragments of wood)

Meaning:

A triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

float (something that remains on the surface of a liquid)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)

Meaning:

A piece of dried bovine dung

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

buffalo chip; cow chip; cow dung; chip

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

droppings; dung; muck (fecal matter of animals)

Meaning:

A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Saratoga chip; potato chip; crisp; chip

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

snack food (food for light meals or for eating between meals)

Meaning:

A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chip; check

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

Meaning:

A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

poker chip; chip

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

counter (game equipment used in various card or board games)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chip"):

blue chip (a blue poker chip with the highest value)

Meaning:

Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

silicon chip; micro chip; microchip; chip

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

semiconductor; semiconductor device; semiconductor unit (a conductor made with semiconducting material)

Meronyms (parts of "chip"):

integrated circuit; microcircuit (a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chip"):

biochip (a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment)

DNA chip; gene chip (a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested)

memory chip (a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory)

microprocessor (integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system)

Holonyms ("chip" is a part of...):

computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

Meaning:

A low running approach shot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

chip shot; chip

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

approach; approach shot (a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green)

Meaning:

The act of chipping something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

chipping; splintering; chip

Hypernyms ("chip" is a kind of...):

break; breakage; breaking (the act of breaking something)

• CHIP (verb)

Meaning:

Break off (a piece from a whole)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

break away; chip; chip off; break off; come off

Context example:

Her tooth chipped

Hypernyms (to "chip" is one way to...):

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chip"):

flake; flake off; peel; peel off (come off in flakes or thin small pieces)

exfoliate (come off in a very thin piece)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sentence examples:

The glass tubes chip
These glasses chip easily

Meaning:

Cut a nick into

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

chip; nick

Hypernyms (to "chip" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Play a chip shot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "chip" is one way to...):

shoot (throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Meaning:

Form by chipping

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

They chipped their names in the stone

Hypernyms (to "chip" is one way to...):

forge; form; mold; mould; shape; work (make something, usually for a specific function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Break a small piece off from

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

knap; cut off; chip; break off

Context examples:

chip the glass / chip a tooth

Hypernyms (to "chip" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They chip the glass tubes

Also:

chip at (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface)