Noun
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a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
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snippet,
snipping |
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piece a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence"
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| snip -
the act of clipping or snipping
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clip,
clipping |
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cutting off,
cutting,
cut the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
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Verb
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| snip -
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
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clip,
crop,
trim,
lop,
dress,
prune,
cut back |
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thin out make sparse; "thin out the young plants"
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shear become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain
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pollard,
poll convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"
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pinch,
top irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"
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disbud destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)
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| snip -
sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
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nip,
nip off,
clip,
snip off |
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cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
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