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chop down — verb cut down (Freq. 1) George chopped down the cherry tree • Hypernyms: ↑fell, ↑drop, ↑strike down, ↑cut down • Verb Frames: Somebody s something … Useful english dictionary
chop down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms chop down : present tense I/you/we/they chop down he/she/it chops down present participle chopping down past tense chopped down past participle chopped down 1) to make a tree or tall plant fall down by cutting … English dictionary
chop down — PHRASAL VERB If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground. [V P n (not pron)] Sometimes they have to chop down a tree for firewood. [Also V n P] Syn: cut down … English dictionary
chop down — cut down (as chop down trees ) … English contemporary dictionary
chop down — phr verb Chop down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑tree … Collocations dictionary
chop down — Synonyms and related words: beat down, blow down, blow over, bowl down, bowl over, break down, bring down, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, cast down, cut down, dash down, deck, down, drop, fell, fetch down, flatten, floor, ground, hew down, knock… … Moby Thesaurus
chop down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To bring down, as with a saw or ax: cut (down), fell1, hew. See RISE … English dictionary for students
chop — chop1 [chäp] vt. chopped, chopping [ME choppen, prob. < northern OFr choper, for OFr coper, to cut off (< VL * cuppare, to decapitate < * cuppum, skull < LL cuppa, CUP); infl. by couper, to strike (< coup, colp, a blow: see COUP)]… … English World dictionary
chop — chop1 [tʃɔp US tʃa:p] v past tense and past participle chopped present participle chopping [T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from chap; CHAPPED] 1.) also chop up to cut something into smaller pieces ▪ He went outside to chop some more wood… … Dictionary of contemporary English
chop — chop1 /chop/, v., chopped, chopping, n. v.t. 1. to cut or sever with a quick, heavy blow or a series of blows, using an ax, hatchet, etc. (often fol. by down, off, etc.): to chop down a tree. 2. to make or prepare for use by so cutting: to chop… … Universalium
