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# chopped

«chopped» in Mova's school dictionary: **cut into pieces with a knife or axe** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb past form of chop (chop, chops, chopped, chopping); adjective (chopped)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) (adjective) Chopped food is cut into small pieces: chopped onions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#m2)

3) (informal) Chopped can mean cut or removed suddenly: the scene was chopped from the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#m3)

4) (slang, US) «Chopped» can mean ugly or very bad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking and recipes «finely chopped» means cut very small. In stories a woodcutter chopped wood. In kitchen safety lessons pupils learn to chop carefully with an adult and keep fingers away from the blade.

### examples

- Dad chopped the carrots for the soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#x1)
- Add two chopped tomatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#x2)
- The woodcutter chopped down the old tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#x3)
- Finely chopped herbs go on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#x4)
- She chopped the apple into eight pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#x5)
- The scene was chopped from the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#x6)
- Be careful: he chopped too fast and nearly cut his finger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#x7)
- I chopped the tree down with my hatchet." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chopped/#x8)

### note

Past of «chop»: double p — chopped, chopping. In maths «chopped into 8 equal pieces» means divide by 8; each piece is 1/8.

### Trees and pragmatics

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