SNIP (snipped, snipping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does snip mean?
• SNIP (noun)
The noun SNIP has 2 senses:
1. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
2. the act of clipping or snipping
Familiarity information: SNIP used as a noun is rare.
• SNIP (verb)
The verb SNIP has 2 senses:
1. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
2. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Familiarity information: SNIP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SNIP (noun)
Meaning:
A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
snip; snippet; snipping
Hypernyms ("snip" is a kind of...):
piece (a separate part of a whole)
Meaning:
The act of clipping or snipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
snip; clipping; clip
Hypernyms ("snip" is a kind of...):
cut; cutting; cutting off (the act of shortening something by choping off the ends)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snip"):
nip; pinch (a small sharp bite or snip)
• SNIP (verb)
Meaning:
Sever or remove by pinching or snipping
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
clip; nip off; snip; snip off; nip
Context example:
nip off the flowers
Hypernyms (to "snip" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
prune; lop; snip; cut back; clip; crop; trim; dress
Context example:
dress the plants in the garden
Hypernyms (to "snip" is one way to...):
thin out (make sparse)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snip"):
shear (cut with shears)
poll; pollard (convert into a pollard)
pinch; top (cut the top off)
disbud (thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
