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CHIP OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
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 off" is one way to...):
divide; part; separate (come apart)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "chip off"):
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
