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# chop

«chop» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cut something into pieces with a knife or an axe** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (chop, chops, chopped, chopping); noun (a chop, chops)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To chop means to cut something into pieces with a knife or an axe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#m1)

2) To chop down a tree means to cut it so it falls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#m2)

3) A chop is a thick slice of meat with a bone, such as a pork or lamb chop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#m3)

4) A chop is a quick hard hit or cut, like a karate chop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#m4)

5) To chop something up at a mouthful means to swallow it in one big bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the kitchen you chop vegetables with a sharp knife on a chopping board — an adult should help, and fingers stay curled away from the blade. Woodcutters chop wood for a fire. In stories «chop» shows quick, strong cutting. Phrases: «chop up», «chop down», «chop off», «chopping board», «pork chop», «karate chop», «chop and change» (keep changing your mind), «get the chop» (be removed).

### examples

- Dad chopped the carrots into small pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x1)
- Please chop the onions for the soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x2)
- They chopped down the dead tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x3)
- We had lamb chops for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x4)
- Use a chopping board, not the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x5)
- He broke the board with a karate chop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x6)
- Keep your fingers away when you chop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x7)
- The logs were chopped for the campfire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x8)
- He'll certainly chop us up at a mouthful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/#x9)

### note

Double p before -ed and -ing: chopped, chopping. «Chop» means cutting into pieces; «slice» means cutting thin flat pieces. Safety: chopping uses sharp tools; children chop only with an adult. «Chopsticks» are eating sticks, not for chopping.

### In the corpora

- [Chop red cabbage, soak it in hot water, and you get a purple juice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.