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chip
A	noun
	1	chip, chipping, splintering
			the act of chipping something
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of integrity ╚breakage; break; breaking ╚chip, chipping, splintering
	2	chip, chip shot
			a low running approach shot
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚maneuver; manoeuvre; play ╚stroke; shot ╚golf stroke; golf shot; swing ╚approach; approach shot ╚chip, chip shot
	3	chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip
			electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚conductor ╚semiconductor device; semiconductor unit; semiconductor ╚chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip ╚microprocessor ╚memory chip ╚gene chip; DNA chip ╚biochip
	4	chip, poker chip
			a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚equipment ╚game equipment ╚counter ╚chip, poker chip ╚blue chip
	5	chip
			a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚float ╚chip
	6	check, chip
			a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚appearance; visual aspect ╚blemish; defect; mar ╚check, chip
	7	chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip
			a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚food; nutrient ╚nutriment; nourishment; nutrition; sustenance; aliment; alimentation; victuals ╚dish ╚snack food ╚chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip
	8	bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
			a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚fragment ╚bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap ╚splinter; sliver; flinders ╚scurf ╚scale; scurf; exfoliation ╚matchwood
	9	chip, cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip
			a piece of dried bovine dung
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚material; stuff ╚waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product ╚body waste; excretion; excreta; excrement; excretory product ╚fecal matter; faecal matter; feces; faeces; BM; stool; ordure; dejection ╚droppings; dung; muck ╚chip, cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip
B	verb
	1	nick, chip
			cut a nick into
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚nick, chip
	2	chip, knap, cut off, break off
			break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚chip, knap, cut off, break off
	3	chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
			break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
		Category Tree: change ╚separate; divide; part ╚chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off ╚exfoliate ╚peel off; peel; flake off; flake
	4	chip
			form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚create from raw material; create from raw stuff ╚shape; form; work; mold; mould; forge ╚chip
	5	chip
			play a chip shot
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚propel; impel ╚hit ╚shoot ╚chip

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