Word Meanings - CLIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klypa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak. 2. To cut off; as with shears

Additional info about word: CLIP

OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klypa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak. 2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. Macaulay. 3. To curtail; to cut short. All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. Shak. In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. Swift.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CLIP)

• Amputate
• Prune
• lop
• curtail
• clip
• remove
• Trim
• Prepare
• order
• deck
• adjust
• embellish
• arrange

Related words: (words related to CLIP)

• PRUNER
  Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly
• ADJUSTIVE
  Tending to adjust.
• EMBELLISH
  To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck;
• CURTAILER
  One who curtails.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• PRUNELLA; PRUNELLO
  A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns.
• PRUNELLE
  A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
• CURTAIL
  To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.
• REMOVER
  One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon.
• PRUNE
  propagation; hence, probably, the meaning, to cut away superfluous 1. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay.
• ADJUSTING PLANE; ADJUSTING SURFACE
  A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.
• CURTAILMENT
  The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.
• REMOVED
  1. Changed in place. 2. Dismissed from office. 3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak. 4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r, n.
• PRUNELLO
  A species of dried plum; prunelle.
• AMPUTATE
  To cut off . Wiseman. (more info) 1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
• REMOVE
  1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered
• ADJUSTAGE
  Adjustment.
• ORDERLINESS
  The state or quality of being orderly.
• ORDER
  1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: Of material things, like the books in a library. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. Of periods of time or
• PREPARER
  One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready. Wood.
• REPRUNE
  To prune again or anew. Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• MISORDER
  To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
• MISADJUSTMENT
  Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.
• MISARRANGEMENT
  Wrong arrangement.
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.
• READJUSTMENT
  A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
• READJUST
  To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.
• PREADJUSTMENT
  Previous adjustment.
• DISPREPARE
  To render unprepared. Hobbes.
• DISORDER
  1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And
• DISEMBELLISH
  To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.