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Feb 17, 2018 · Feb 17, 2018. #3. Chopping means that you start moving from a position away from the target toward the target. Slicing means, usually, that the cutting implement starts in contact with what is being cut. Chinese cleavers are well known for being adapted to both actions, whereas European chef's knives are suitable for cutting (slicing) and light ...
Jun 16, 2011 · 'Chop' is an Indian word for a seal (a wax stamp) that was taken up by British traders and used also when the British traded in China. I don't know if it's still used. sdgraham
Nov 16, 2009 · Nov 16, 2009. #1. Bonjour, I don't understand what "chop" means in the following text. "Please find attached our contract for the xxx project. Please let me know if you have any questions or want to make any changes. If not, please help me fill in the details, sign and chop and send me a soft copy. I will send this soft copy over to my boss to ...
Jan 6, 2015 · English - Scotland. Jan 6, 2015. #2. If you chop something you cut or separate it with blows using a sharp tool. You might separate the thing into two or four pieces, for example. If you chop something up, you continue chopping until it is in small pieces. However, when talking about vegetables, "chop" is pretty much synonymous with "chop up".
Oct 14, 2007 · Oct 14, 2007. #3. Both expressions are used for bringing down the tree. I use chop down and cut down interchangeably. We have a number of straight line winds that damage trees badly. Many of those need to be chopped down. And then to be economical with words you can bring in a stump chopper machine to grind up the stump.
Jun 30, 2022 · Hey everyone. Is "bag of chop" some kind of idiom in UK? Could it be some kind of insult? The context is that a salesperson is not drinking at a client's meeting dinner. The client and the salesperson used to have an affair, and the client is angry/resentful at the salesperson. The client...
Apr 12, 2011 · If you are in Hong Kong, for example, you need both a company chop and a person's signature to receive (take) goods. That sounds like what is happening here. Then you are being requested to give the person or company a copy of the receipt for their records (which is standard business procedure). Original: Please get a receipt chopped and signed ...
Jun 12, 2007 · Jun 12, 2007. #4. Eva Maria said: And "cutlet" obviously comes from "cut"! "Cutlet" does not in fact come from "cut". It comes from the French côtelette, which in turn comes from coste, meaning rib. A cutlet is a thin, tender, boneless piece of meat (usually veal or lamb.) A chop is usually thicker, and often has a bone attached.
Sep 3, 2009 · Sep 2, 2009. #2. According to this Wikipedia page a "chop" is a mark used by cabinetmakers to identify their creations. My Oxford Concise agrees ("a trademark or brand of goods") but notes the term as "archaic". I suspect that this is, in essence, what it means in your sentence—perhaps a nameplate or some similar item to identify some property.
Feb 7, 2015 · To chop = pretty, generic, it simply means to cut something with sharp heavy blows of an ax, hatchet, knife etc. To chop up = to cut into pieces. It usually implies that completed the task of doing this to all the uncut wood, whether it's one log or many of them. To chop down = to take an ax to a standing tree to make it fall over (= to cut down)
