Read full poem →Many, and bare in the air. In the air? they descend; they are smiting,
Hewing, chopping—At what? In the air once more upstretched? And—
Is it blood that’s on them? Yes, certainly blood! Of whom, then?
Dictionary Entry
The action of cutting something into small pieces, often with a knife or axe.
In a Sentence
“The chef was busy chopping vegetables for the stew.”
Origin
From Middle English 'choppen', of imitative origin, suggesting the sound of striking.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “chopping”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →and therefore belongs to the 'second foot'; and it would have been better
to cut up the line accordingly. But the whole system of chopping up into
imaginary equal lengths is inefficient and clumsy; and we have only to
Read full poem →As the old hedger to his toil returns,
Chopping the grain to stop the gap close by
The hole where her blue eggs in safety lie.
Read full poem →Behind me on the snow in my own yard
Where I was working at the chopping-block,
And cutting nothing not cut down already.