chip-n; 13 Senses

Sense Number 1: a small fragment of a larger object

Commentary: CHIP[+form][+fragment][+small]

Examples:
John broke a chip off his tooth on a rice kernel.
Use some wood chips to start the fire.
I mulched the shrubs with cedar chips.
He's a chip off the old block. (metaphoric extension, he's like a piece of his parent)

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: a tiny electronic device made of semiconducting material

Commentary: CHIP[+device][+tiny][+electronic][+semiconductor]

Examples:
The memory chip market has been going through a slump.
Their firm has patented a new micro chip which will go into production next year.
Is the power versus cost of computer chips still obeying Moore's Law?

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 3: a thin slice of crisp starchy food, baked or fried

Commentary: CHIP[+food][+starchy][+slice][+thin][+crisp][+round/+elongated]

Examples:
Pete bought a bag of potato chips from the vending machine.
We ordered tortilla chips, salsa and a pitcher of cold beer at the seaside cafe.
Mary didn't like the banana chips.
I know a place that serves really good fish and chips. (elongated slices of crisp starch)

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 4: a flaw or mark on something, a small missing bit of something

Commentary: CHIP[+form][+flawed][+break][+small]

Examples:
I never noticed this chip on the glass table before.
The chip on that antique porcelain teapot makes it less valuable.
Note: the other half of Sense 1, Sense 1 is the tiny bit, Sense 4 is the area where it was.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 5: the activity of breaking or splintering something

Commentary: CHIP[+activity][+breaking][+splintering]

Examples:
We could hear the chip of wood axes in the distance.
I heard the chip of ice cubes by the flight attendant in the forward galley of the airplane.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9

Sense Number 6: a short, lofted shot of a ball in sports

Commentary: CHIP[+action][+shot][+short][+ball][+golf/+tennis/+soccer]

Examples:
The tennis player made a beautiful chip that caught his opponent off guard.
The golfer made a chip into the ninth hole, becoming the leader in the tournament.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 7: dried pieces of manure from cattle, ungulates

Commentary: CHIP[+excrement][+dried][+ungulate][+cow/+buffalo]

Examples:
The pioneers used buffalo chips as fuel for their fires.
Watch out for the cow chips there on the path.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 8: small round disks used as money in poker games

Commentary: CHIP[+disk][+small][+game][+poker] [+role][+counter][+betting][+poker]

Examples:
Bill was sitting behind a huge stack of chips at the poker table.
The red poker chips are worth $5 and the blue chips are worth $10. (traditionally, blue chips are worth the most)
When it comes to stocks, Pete's father only buys blue chip. (metaphoric extension, highest value)
The retirement package will be a big bargaining chip for management during labor negotiations. (figurative extension)
They are really in the chips since they sold their start-up to Microsoft. (have a lot of money)

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 9: small bits of candy, used in cookies or toppings

Commentary: CHIP[+candy][+piece][+tiny]

Examples:
I put chocolate chips in my pecan cookies.
Tommy asked for toffee chips on his ice cream sundae.
Mary stirred peanut butter chips into the dark chocolate batter.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2a

Sense Number 10: triangular wooden float on a lag line

Commentary: CHIP[+device][+float][+triangular][+wooden]

Examples:
The chip tore loose of the line trailing in the water.
Can you see the chip bobbing behind the boat?

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 11: microarray of genetic nucleotides

Commentary: CHIP[+device][+tiny][+microarray][+nucleotide][+expression]
NOTE: produced via masking techniques similar to those used for Sense 2; however these do not possess integrated electronic circuits (Sense 2) , but are basically very high tech Petri dishes.

Examples:
Gene expression can be studied much more efficiently through the use of DNA chips.
Microarray analysis examines which nucleotides are expressed on gene chips.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 12: belligerent or grudging attitude

Commentary: Idiom: chip_on_one's_shoulder

Examples:
The new guy at work seems to have a chip on his shoulder.
Ever since they lost the championship the team has had a chip on its shoulder.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: chip_on_one's_shoulder

Sense Number 13: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

Examples:

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