to chop into small pieces
1chop up — verb cut into pieces Chop wood chop meat • Syn: ↑chop • Derivationally related forms: ↑chop (for: ↑chop), ↑chopper ( …
2chop — [[t]tʃɒ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ chops, chopping, chopped 1) VERB If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe. [V n into n] Chop the butter into small pieces... [V n] Chop the onions very finely... [V n …
3chop — verb 1) chop the potatoes into small pieces Syn: cut up, cut into pieces, chop up, cube, dice, hash 2) they were out back chopping wood Syn: chop up, cut up, cut into pieces, hew, split 3) …
4chop up — PHRASAL VERB If you chop something up, you chop it into small pieces. [V P n (not pron)] Chop up three firm tomatoes. [V ed P] ...chopped up banana. Syn: cut up …
5chop — 1. v. & n. v.tr. (chopped, chopping) 1 (usu. foll. by off, down, etc.) cut or fell by a blow, usu. with an axe. 2 (often foll. by up) cut (esp. meat or vegetables) into small pieces. 3 strike (esp. a ball) with a short heavy edgewise blow. 4 Brit …
6small — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, strength, or power. 4 not much; trifling (a small token; paid small attention). 5 insignificant; unimportant (a small matter; from small… …
7chop — I. v. a. 1. Cut (with a quick blow). 2. Mince, cut into small pieces. II. v. n. Shift, veer, change suddenly. III. n. 1. Slice, piece cut off. 2. Brand, quality. 3 …
8chop — chop1 [tʃɔp US tʃa:p] v past tense and past participle chopped present participle chopping [T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from chap; CHAPPED] 1.) also chop up to cut something into smaller pieces ▪ He went outside to chop some more wood… …
9chop — 1 verb chopped, chopping 1 CUT STH (T) chop up to cut something such as food or wood into smaller pieces: Can you chop some firewood? | chop sth into pieces/chunks/segments: Chop an onion into pieces. 2 REDUCE STH (T) to reduce by a large amount… …
10chop — chop1 [ tʃap ] verb ** 1. ) chop or chop up transitive to cut something such as food or wood into pieces: Finely chop the cabbage and cook it in boiling salted water. Next, add the chopped onions. Don t chop any more wood; we have enough. chop… …
