English noun: chip | |||
1. | chip (object) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | ||
Samples | A bit of rock caught him in the eye. | ||
Synonyms | bit, flake, fleck, scrap | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fragment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | exfoliation, matchwood, scale, scurf, scurf, sliver, splinter | ||
2. | chip (artifact) a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line | ||
Broader (hypernym) | float | ||
Domain category | navigation, sailing, seafaring | ||
3. | chip (object) a piece of dried bovine dung | ||
Synonyms | buffalo chip, cow chip, cow dung | ||
Broader (hypernym) | droppings, dung, muck | ||
4. | chip (food) a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat | ||
Synonyms | crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip | ||
Broader (hypernym) | snack food | ||
5. | chip (attribute) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something | ||
Synonyms | check | ||
Broader (hypernym) | blemish, defect, mar | ||
6. | chip (artifact) a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling | ||
Synonyms | poker chip | ||
Broader (hypernym) | counter | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | blue chip | ||
7. | chip (artifact) 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 | micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip | ||
Broader (hypernym) | semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | biochip, DNA chip, gene chip, memory chip, microprocessor | ||
Part holonym | integrated circuit, microcircuit | ||
Part meronym | computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | ||
8. | chip (act) (golf) a low running approach shot | ||
Synonyms | chip shot | ||
Broader (hypernym) | approach, approach shot | ||
Domain category | golf, golf game | ||
9. | chip (act) the act of chipping something | ||
Synonyms | chipping, splintering | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break, breakage, breaking | ||
English verb: chip | |||
1. | chip (contact) break off (a piece from a whole) | ||
Samples | Her tooth chipped. | ||
Examples | The glass tubes chip, These glasses chip easily | ||
Synonyms | break away, break off, chip off, come off | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | divide, part, separate | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | exfoliate, flake, flake off, peel, peel off | ||
2. | chip (contact) cut a nick into | ||
Synonyms | nick | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
3. | chip (contact) play a chip shot | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | shoot | ||
Domain category | golf, golf game | ||
4. | chip (contact) form by chipping | ||
Samples | They chipped their names in the stone. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work | ||
5. | chip (contact) break a small piece off from | ||
Samples | Chip the glass. Chip a tooth. | ||
Examples | They chip the glass tubes | ||
Synonyms | break off, cut off, knap | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||