(a) To strike (sb.) with a sharp weapon, slash; choppen of cut off with a blow; (b) to hack or strike (at, to sb.); cut (through sth.); (c) to hit (at sth.); choppen adoun, fig. strike (sb.) down. …

(a) Cook. To prepare (meat, fowl, etc.) for roasting by the insertion of pieces of salt pork, bacon, condiments, etc., in the outer surface; (b) to smear (a surface) with grease. …

(a) To obstruct (a street, lane, passage, an entrance, etc.) with a physical barrier, block; close (a port), prevent access to; blockade (the sea), close to traffic; block (someone's way); also fig.……