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Clipping

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Broader term 6

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Cutting 76% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excerpt 76% connected

To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excerption 76% connected

The act of excerpting or selecting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extract 76% connected

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Selection 76% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Nip 76% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pruning 76% connected

of Prune

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Derivationally related 4

Nip 74% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nip 74% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trim 74% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trim 74% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Clip 92% connected

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cutting 92% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Snip 92% connected

To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Trim 92% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Trimming 92% connected

of Trim

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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