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CHOPPED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prepared by cutting
Example:
shredded cabbage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
cut (separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb chop
Context examples:
The Tin Woodman had chopped a big pile of wood, and now he made a fire of it, and Oz held the bottom of the balloon over the fire so that the hot air that arose from it would be caught in the silken bag.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
It was a bit of good luck to have their new comrade join the party, for soon after they had begun their journey again they came to a place where the trees and branches grew so thick over the road that the travelers could not pass. But the Tin Woodman set to work with his axe and chopped so well that soon he cleared a passage for the entire party.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
So, while they were walking through the forest, the Tin Woodman told the following story: I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold the wood for a living.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
So the Woodman went at once to the trees and began to work; and he soon made a truck out of the limbs of trees, from which he chopped away all the leaves and branches.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf's head from its body, so that it immediately died.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
