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# zip

«zip» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fastener with two rows of small teeth that join when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a zip, zips); verb (zip, zips, zipped, zipping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A zip is a fastener with two rows of small teeth that join when you pull a tab, used on coats, bags and trousers (zipper in American English). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#m1)

2) To zip something means to close it with a zip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#m2)

3) To zip means to move very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#m3)

4) In computing, to zip files means to squash them into a smaller file. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#m4)

5) Zip can mean nothing or zero in informal American speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#m5)

6) A zip file is a computer file that has been squashed into a smaller size, and its name ends in .zip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you zip up your coat; in stories something zips past quickly. Phrases: «zip up», «zip your lip» (be quiet), «zip line», «zip file», «zip code» (US postcode).

### examples

- Zip up your coat, it's cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#x1)
- The zip on my bag is broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#x2)
- A car zipped past us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#x3)
- We went down the zip line at camp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#x4)
- He zipped the files and emailed them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#x5)
- The score was six to zip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#x6)
- What's your zip code? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zip/#x7)

### note

Double p: zipped, zipping. Zip (UK, Australia) = zipper (US). Zip code = US postcode. Safety: zip lines need a harness and an adult in charge.

### In the corpora

- [Think of a python in a museum skeleton: it looks like a long zip with a rib on each side of every tooth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/7/)
- [You learn your postcode or ZIP code, because it helps letters to be delivered quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/274-helpers-in-town-and-building-sites/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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