1. To cut to pieces; SYN. cut up.
2. To engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; SYN. chip at.
3. To form by carving.

ETYM Cf. Dutch koopen to buy. Related to Cheapen, Chap, to buy.
1. To cut into pieces; SYN. chop up.
2. To cut with a tool; SYN. hack.
3. To hit sharply.
4. To move suddenly.
5. To strike sharply, as in some sports.

1. To attach with a clip.
2. To terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; SYN. curtail, cut short.

ETYM Pref. en- + grave a tomb. Related to Engrave to carve.
1. To make an engraving of (an image).
2. To write upon; engrave a pen, for example; SYN. grave, inscribe.

1. To make a drawing, diagram, or other representation by scratching lines into the surface of a plate.
1. To make an etching of.
1. To scratch the surface of .

To cut back the growth of, of bushes and trees; SYN. clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back.

1. To make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
2. To make more complicated or confused through entanglements; SYN. snarl up, embrangle.