English Explanatory Dictionary

beclip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
  2. To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
  3. To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
  4. To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
  5. To curdle (milk).
verb
  1. To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.

Word forms

beclip beclips beclipping beclipped

Etymology

From Middle English beclippen, from Old English beclyppan (“to clip, clasp, embrace, enfold”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *klumpijaną (“to hold, clench”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“to hold, clench”), equivalent to be- + clip. Compare also Middle English umbeclippen (“to embrace”). See also umbeclip.

Derived words

beclipping
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