Audio English.net » Dictionary » C » Chondrite ... Chorizagrotis Auxiliaris

CHOP OFF

Pronunciation (US):

• CHOP OFF (verb)
The verb CHOP OFF has 1 sense:

1. remove by or as if by cutting

Familiarity information: CHOP OFF used as a verb is very rare.

• CHOP OFF (verb)

Sense 1

chop off ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Remove by or as if by cutting

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

chop off; lop off; cut off

Context examples:

cut off the ear / lop off the dead branch

Hypernyms (to "chop off" is one way to...):

come away; come off; detach (come to be detached)

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

abscise (remove or separate by abscission)

roach (cut the mane off (a horse))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

"Rules are made to be broken."
(English proverb)
"Who has no heart, has no heels."
(Albanian proverb)
"Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself."
(Arabic proverb)
"Postponement is cancellation."
(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of detach
Definition of abscise
Pronunciation of come away
Definition of roach
Pronunciation of come off

What other visitors were searching for:

What does chop off mean?
AudioEnglish dictionary
Chop off pronunciation in phonetic transcription
Free dictionary
Chop off meanings
Audio English courses
Chop off definition

Related FAQs:
• CHOP

Page delivered in 0.4777 seconds