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CHIP

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Irregular inflected forms: chipped    , chipping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of chipping something

Synonyms:

chip; chipping; splintering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

chip (break a small piece off from)

chip (break off (a piece from a whole))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(golf) a low running approach shot

Synonyms:

chip; chip shot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

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)

Derivation:

chip (play a chip shot)

Sense 3

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

Synonyms:

chip; micro chip; microchip; microprocessor chip; silicon chip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

chip; poker chip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

counter (game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space 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)

Sense 5

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 floats on the surface of water)

Domain category:

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

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

check; chip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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))

Derivation:

chip (cut a nick into)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Synonyms:

chip; crisp; potato chip; Saratoga chip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

Sense 8

Meaning:

A small fragment of something broken off from the whole

Example:

a bit of rock caught him in the eye

Synonyms:

bit; chip; flake; fleck; scrap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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"):

matchwood (fragments of wood)

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

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

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

Derivation:

chip (break a small piece off from)

chip (break off (a piece from a whole))

chip (form by chipping)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A piece of dried bovine dung

Synonyms:

buffalo chip; chip; cow chip; cow dung

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

droppings; dung; muck (fecal matter of animals)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut a nick into

Synonyms:

chip; nick

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

Derivation:

chip (a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Break a small piece off from

Example:

chip a tooth

Synonyms:

break off; chip; cut off; knap

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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)

Derivation:

chipping (the act of chipping something)

chip (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)

chip (the act of chipping something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Break off (a piece from a whole)

Example:

Her tooth chipped

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

Derivation:

chip (the act of chipping something)

chip (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)

chipping (the act of chipping something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Form by chipping

Example:

They chipped their names in the stone

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

Derivation:

chip (a small fragment of something broken off from the whole)

Sense 5

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

Derivation:

chip ((golf) a low running approach shot)

Credits

 Context examples: 

“You’ll find him a chip of good wood, sir,” said my father.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Avoid empty calories, which are foods with lots of calories but few nutrients, such as chips, cookies, soda and alcohol.

(Nutrition for Seniors, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

The simplest micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) that can be easily machined and mass-produced via the same techniques used to make computer chips.

(Nanocantilever, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A solid composed of active and/or inert ingredient(s) that resembles small, thin chips.

(Flake Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A lab-on-a-chip may use body fluids or solutions containing cells or cell parts to diagnose diseases.

(Lab-on-a-chip, NCI Dictionary)

In a manner similar to that for microelectronics, microfluidic technologies enable the fabrication of highly integrated devices for performing several different functions on the same substrate chip.

(Microfluidics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Holmes held out a small chip with the letters NN and a space of clear wood after them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"There are no chips on the table," Sitka Charley explained.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Don’t buy any new machines, including a car, smart phone, refrigerator, computer, or any other product with moving parts or chips inside until the end of the month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The magnified fluorescent images were then recorded by the sensor chip in the cell phone.

(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)