{
    "term": "chop",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/fo/food_preparation.png",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "chop",
            "heSheIt": "chops"
        },
        "pastSimple": "chopped",
        "pastParticiple": "chopped",
        "ingForm": "chopping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to cut something into pieces with a sharp tool such as a knife",
            "sensetop": "chop somethingchop something (up) (into something)",
            "labels": "(figurative)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was chopping logs for firewood.",
                    "contextForm": "chop something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Add the finely chopped onions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chop the carrots up into small pieces.",
                    "contextForm": "chop something (up) (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country was chopped up into small administrative areas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Add finely chopped parsley."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chop the meat into small cubes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I spent the day chopping up vegetables."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Roughly chop the cabbage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The furniture had been chopped to pieces."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["finely", "coarsely", "roughly"],
                "preposition": ["into"],
                "phrases": ["chop something to pieces"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to suddenly stop providing or allowing something; to suddenly reduce something by a large amount",
            "sensetop": "be choppedbe chopped from something to something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their training courses are to be chopped.",
                    "contextForm": "be chopped"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The share price was chopped from 50 pence to 20 pence.",
                    "contextForm": "be chopped from something to something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "cut"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to hit somebody/something downwards with a quick, short movement",
            "sensetop": "chop somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Guzman tried to chop the ball on the ground and use his speed."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to keep changing your mind or what you are doing",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɒp/",
                "audio": "ch/chop/chop__gb_6.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɒps/",
                "audio": "ch/chop/chops__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɒpt/",
                "audio": "ch/chop/chopped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃɒpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/chop/chopping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɑːp/",
                "audio": "ch/chop/chop__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɑːps/",
                "audio": "ch/chop/chops__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃɑːpt/",
                "audio": "ch/chop/chopped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃɑːpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/chop/chopping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb late Middle English: variant of chap. chop and change. late Middle English (in the sense ‘barter, exchange’): perhaps related to Old English cēap ‘bargaining, trade’; compare with chap- in chapman, pedlar."
}