--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 29 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 29 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Chlorine is a yellow-green poisonous gas with a strong smell.[↗](../../chlorine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Chlorine is a chemical put into swimming pools and drinking water to kill germs.[↗](../../chlorine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pool smells of chlorine.[↗](../../chlorine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Chlorine kills germs in the water.[↗](../../chlorine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My eyes sting from the chlorine.[↗](../../chlorine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear goggles to protect your eyes from chlorine.[↗](../../chlorine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Table salt is made of sodium and chlorine.[↗](../../chlorine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never mix bleach with other cleaners.[↗](../../chlorine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chlorophyll** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Chlorophyll is the green substance in plants that soaks up sunlight.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Plants use chlorophyll to make their own food from light, water and carbon dioxide.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Leaves are green because they contain chlorophyll.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Chlorophyll helps plants catch sunlight.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Without chlorophyll a plant cannot make its food.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In autumn the chlorophyll fades and leaves turn orange.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Chlorophyll is found inside tiny parts called chloroplasts.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seaweed also has chlorophyll.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A plant kept in the dark loses its green colour.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested leaves for chlorophyll in science.[↗](../../chlorophyll/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **chloroplast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tiny green part inside plant cells where photosynthesis happens: it uses sunlight to make food (sugar) from water and carbon dioxide, giving off oxygen.[↗](../../chloroplast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Chloroplasts make food for the plant using sunlight.[↗](../../chloroplast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Plant cells have chloroplasts, but animal cells do not.[↗](../../chloroplast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Chloroplasts contain green chlorophyll.[↗](../../chloroplast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Under the microscope, we saw green chloroplasts in the leaf cells.[↗](../../chloroplast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Photosynthesis happens inside the chloroplasts.[↗](../../chloroplast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the chloroplast on your cell diagram.[↗](../../chloroplast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **choc** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Chocolate, or a single chocolate sweet: a box of chocs.[↗](../../choc/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (in compounds) choc ice: an ice cream bar covered in chocolate; choc chip: small pieces of chocolate in cookies or ice cream; choc-top (Australia, New Zealand): an ice-cream cone dipped in chocolate.[↗](../../choc/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I have a choc chip cookie?[↗](../../choc/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma brought a big box of chocs.[↗](../../choc/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) We bought choc-tops at the cinema.[↗](../../choc/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK) A choc ice melts fast on a hot day.[↗](../../choc/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 24 chocs in the box; shared between 4 of us, that's 6 each.[↗](../../choc/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many chocs are bad for your teeth.[↗](../../choc/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Chock means completely: «chock full» means crammed full to the top.[↗](../../chock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) «Chock-a-block» means packed tight with no room left.[↗](../../chock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The box was chock full of sweets.[↗](../../chock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pit was chock full of gold.[↗](../../chock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop was chock-a-block on Saturday.[↗](../../chock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **chocolate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Chocolate is a sweet brown food made from cocoa beans.[↗](../../chocolate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A chocolate is one sweet made of or covered in chocolate.[↗](../../chocolate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Chocolate as an adjective means made with chocolate or brown like it: chocolate cake, chocolate brown.[↗](../../chocolate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She bought 6 bars of chocolate.[↗](../../chocolate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A box holds 24 chocolates.[↗](../../chocolate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He ate 5 chocolates.[↗](../../chocolate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each chocolate bar costs 2 dollars.[↗](../../chocolate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I drink hot chocolate on cold days.[↗](../../chocolate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The chocolate melted in the hot car.[↗](../../chocolate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cocoa beans grow on trees in warm countries.[↗](../../chocolate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Chocolate is poisonous to dogs, so never give it to them.[↗](../../chocolate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him, and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness.[↗](../../chocolate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **choice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A choice is a decision to pick one thing or action from several.[↗](../../choice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A choice is the chance or right to choose: «You have a choice».[↗](../../choice/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Choice means the range of things you can choose from: «a big choice of books».[↗](../../choice/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Your choice is the thing you chose.[↗](../../choice/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You have a choice: apples or bananas.[↗](../../choice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a good choice.[↗](../../choice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Make the safe choice and wear your helmet.[↗](../../choice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop has a big choice of games.[↗](../../choice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I had no choice but to walk.[↗](../../choice/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pick one answer in the multiple-choice test.[↗](../../choice/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's your choice what you read.[↗](../../choice/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Being kind is always a good choice.[↗](../../choice/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes; (Torah GEN.49.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choice/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us; in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.'[↗](../../choice/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.23.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choice/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\][↗](../../choice/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.[↗](../../choice/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../choice/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.[↗](../../choice/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choice/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.[↗](../../choice/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choice/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.[↗](../../choice/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.10.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choice/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **choir** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A choir is a group of people who sing together.[↗](../../choir/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The choir is also the part of a church where the singers sit.[↗](../../choir/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The choir has 24 singers.[↗](../../choir/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 9 of the choir are boys.[↗](../../choir/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They stand in 4 equal rows.[↗](../../choir/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 3 new children join the choir.[↗](../../choir/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school choir sang at the winter concert.[↗](../../choir/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Choir practice is on Tuesday after lunch.[↗](../../choir/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia joined the church choir when she was eight.[↗](../../choir/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir sang in two parts, high and low.[↗](../../choir/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When he went into the church the choir was singing, and one voice was so clear and beautiful, that he asked who it belonged to.[↗](../../choir/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **choirboy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A boy who sings in a church or cathedral choir, usually wearing robes.[↗](../../choirboy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A person who looks very innocent and well-behaved, often said jokingly («he's no choirboy»).[↗](../../choirboy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The choirboys sang carols at the cathedral on Christmas Eve.[↗](../../choirboy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin became a choirboy at eight and practises every week.[↗](../../choirboy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The choirboy's voice rose high above the organ.[↗](../../choirboy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Choirboys often wear white robes over red cassocks.[↗](../../choirboy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He may look like a choirboy, but he's the cheekiest kid in class.[↗](../../choirboy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When his voice broke, he stopped being a choirboy.[↗](../../choirboy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **choke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To choke means to be unable to breathe because something is stuck in your throat.[↗](../../choke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To choke can mean to have trouble breathing because of smoke or dust.[↗](../../choke/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To choke up means to have trouble speaking because of strong feelings.[↗](../../choke/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To choke in sport means to fail at an important moment because of nerves.[↗](../../choke/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He choked on a piece of apple.[↗](../../choke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Small toys are a choking hazard for babies.[↗](../../choke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut grapes in half for little children so they don't choke.[↗](../../choke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The smoke made us choke and cough.[↗](../../choke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't run with food in your mouth; you could choke.[↗](../../choke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She choked back tears at the goodbye.[↗](../../choke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If someone is choking and can't talk, get an adult fast.[↗](../../choke/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The player choked and missed the penalty.[↗](../../choke/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Iktomi almost choked to death before he could get it out.[↗](../../choke/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **chokepoint** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A chokepoint is a narrow place, such as a strait, mountain pass or narrow road, where movement is squeezed together and can easily be blocked.[↗](../../chokepoint/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) A chokepoint is any point in a system where things slow down or get stuck.[↗](../../chokepoint/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Suez Canal is a chokepoint for ships between Europe and Asia.[↗](../../chokepoint/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When a huge ship blocked the canal, the chokepoint stopped trade for days.[↗](../../chokepoint/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Spartans held the narrow chokepoint at Thermopylae.[↗](../../chokepoint/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The school gate becomes a chokepoint at home time.[↗](../../chokepoint/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.[↗](../../chokepoint/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The narrow bridge was a chokepoint for traffic.[↗](../../chokepoint/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fire exits should never become chokepoints.[↗](../../chokepoint/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **choler** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Anger or bad temper, from an old idea that a body fluid called bile caused rage.[↗](../../choler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **cholera** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cholera is a serious illness caused by germs (bacteria) in dirty water or food, which gives very bad diarrhoea and makes the body lose water quickly.[↗](../../cholera/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Without treatment cholera can kill, but drinking clean water with salts and sugar (rehydration) and medicine save most people.[↗](../../cholera/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cholera spreads through dirty drinking water.[↗](../../cholera/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · John Snow traced cholera to one water pump.[↗](../../cholera/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean water and toilets stopped cholera in many cities.[↗](../../cholera/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Aid workers rushed to stop a cholera outbreak after the flood.[↗](../../cholera/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · People with cholera need lots of clean fluids.[↗](../../cholera/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a vaccine that helps protect against cholera.[↗](../../cholera/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In Victorian times, cholera killed thousands in crowded towns.[↗](../../cholera/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **chomp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To bite and chew food noisily and with big mouthfuls.[↗](../../chomp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A big, noisy bite.[↗](../../chomp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse chomped on an apple.[↗](../../chomp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He chomped through three sandwiches.[↗](../../chomp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crocodile's jaws went chomp\![↗](../../chomp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't chomp with your mouth open.[↗](../../chomp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We were chomping at the bit to start the race.[↗](../../chomp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog chomped the biscuit in one bite.[↗](../../chomp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Ole Brer B'ar, he chomp his toofies en foam at de mouf.[↗](../../chomp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **chomping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Chewing or biting noisily and with big movements of the jaw.[↗](../../chomping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In «chomping at the bit»: very eager and impatient to start something (from a horse biting on the metal bit in its mouth).[↗](../../chomping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse was chomping on a carrot.[↗](../../chomping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother sat chomping crisps through the whole film.[↗](../../chomping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog was chomping happily on its bone.[↗](../../chomping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We were chomping at the bit to get into the swimming pool.[↗](../../chomping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop chomping with your mouth open\![↗](../../chomping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The caterpillar kept chomping through the leaves.[↗](../../chomping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The team was chomping at the bit before kick-off.[↗](../../chomping/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **chon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Chon is a surname and given name, for example a Korean surname (also written Jeon or Chun) and a name used in some other Asian and Hispanic families.[↗](../../chon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not a common English word: it may be a fragment of a longer word cut off in a text.[↗](../../chon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mr Chon is our new music teacher.[↗](../../chon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The book was written by a Korean author called Chon.[↗](../../chon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Chon" on the list was the start of a longer word cut off by the page.[↗](../../chon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ji-ho Chon won the spelling bee.[↗](../../chon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned that Korean names put the family name first, as in Chon Ji-ho.[↗](../../chon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask the person how they like their name said.[↗](../../chon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **choose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To choose is to pick one from several: choose a book.[↗](../../choose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To choose is to decide to do something.[↗](../../choose/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She chose to walk home.[↗](../../choose/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the whole problem first, then choose.[↗](../../choose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose add, subtract, multiply or divide.[↗](../../choose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia chooses 3 of the 10 cakes.[↗](../../choose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You can choose any colour you like.[↗](../../choose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We chose a puppy from the shelter.[↗](../../choose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose the correct answer: A, B or C.[↗](../../choose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Which game will you choose?[↗](../../choose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam chose to stay inside because it was cold.[↗](../../choose/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose quickly; you are wasting time."[↗](../../choose/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose; (Torah DEU.12.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choose/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.[↗](../../choose/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.15.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choose/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose.[↗](../../choose/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.14.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choose/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.[↗](../../choose/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.3.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choose/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?[↗](../../choose/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.9.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choose/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD; (Writings PRO.1.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../choose/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **chooser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who chooses.[↗](../../chooser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Beggars can't be choosers: a saying meaning when you need help, you must accept what you are given.[↗](../../chooser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Beggars can't be choosers, so I ate the cold pizza.[↗](../../chooser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The chooser picks the first player for the team.[↗](../../chooser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm the chooser today; we'll watch a cartoon.[↗](../../chooser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We only had blue paint left, but beggars can't be choosers.[↗](../../chooser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each chooser gets one sticker.[↗](../../chooser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is the chooser for the next game?[↗](../../chooser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The chooser of the winning name gets a prize.[↗](../../chooser/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **choosy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Very careful about what you choose, and hard to please, especially about food, clothes or friends.[↗](../../choosy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little brother is choosy about his food.[↗](../../choosy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats can be very choosy eaters.[↗](../../choosy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is choosy about which books she reads.[↗](../../choosy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be so choosy, just pick a sweet\![↗](../../choosy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The female bird is choosy about her mate.[↗](../../choosy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can't be choosy when you are starving.[↗](../../choosy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To chop means to cut something into pieces with a knife or an axe.[↗](../../chop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To chop down a tree means to cut it so it falls.[↗](../../chop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A chop is a thick slice of meat with a bone, such as a pork or lamb chop.[↗](../../chop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A chop is a quick hard hit or cut, like a karate chop.[↗](../../chop/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To chop something up at a mouthful means to swallow it in one big bite.[↗](../../chop/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad chopped the carrots into small pieces.[↗](../../chop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please chop the onions for the soup.[↗](../../chop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They chopped down the dead tree.[↗](../../chop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had lamb chops for dinner.[↗](../../chop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a chopping board, not the table.[↗](../../chop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He broke the board with a karate chop.[↗](../../chop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your fingers away when you chop.[↗](../../chop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The logs were chopped for the campfire.[↗](../../chop/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He'll certainly chop us up at a mouthful.[↗](../../chop/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.[↗](../../chop/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.3.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chop/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **chopped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Chopped means cut into pieces with a knife or axe.[↗](../../chopped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Chopped food is cut into small pieces: chopped onions.[↗](../../chopped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Chopped can mean cut or removed suddenly: the scene was chopped from the film.[↗](../../chopped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang, US) «Chopped» can mean ugly or very bad.[↗](../../chopped/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad chopped the carrots for the soup.[↗](../../chopped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Add two chopped tomatoes.[↗](../../chopped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodcutter chopped down the old tree.[↗](../../chopped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Finely chopped herbs go on top.[↗](../../chopped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She chopped the apple into eight pieces.[↗](../../chopped/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scene was chopped from the film.[↗](../../chopped/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: he chopped too fast and nearly cut his finger.[↗](../../chopped/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I chopped the tree down with my hatchet."[↗](../../chopped/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/28/) **29** 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