chop down

as inknife
as inattack

Synonyms for chop down

verb stab with pointed tool

Antonyms for chop down

knife

verb. stab with pointed tool

Word Origin & History

"to cut with a quick blow," mid-14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old North French choper (Old French coper "to cut, cut off," 12c., Modern French couper), from Vulgar Latin *cuppare "to behead," from a root meaning "head," but influenced in Old French by couper "to strike." Related: Chopped; chopping.

Example Sentences forchop down

She can chop down a tree as well as he can, and build a fire better.

Cutter often threatened to chop down the cedar trees which half-buried the house.

Then I'll have a chop down in a brace o' shakes, as my aunt used t' say.

They had to chop down trees, to build houses, to plough prairies.

Well, say you, let us set to work and chop down some of these trees.

And I said I guessed he'd die before he could ever chop down a tree.

First you chop down the trees, then you burn them up and raise your first crop or two round the stumps.

And he got there long before the rest, for they had to chop down the trees, saw them up and load them on the carts.

Are we to chop down a few trees and lop off branches to secure the necessary lumber for the closet?

I was goin' to chop down them two trees to-morrer, an' as that chimney never draw'd well, I had concluded to have it rebuilt.

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