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Adapting
- verb - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
- make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
Adopting
- verb - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
- put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"
- take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
- take up and practice as one's own
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
Chapping
- verb - crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather"
Chipping
- verb - break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
- break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped"
- cut a nick into
- form by chipping; "They chipped their names in the stone"
- play a chip shot
- the act of chipping something
Chopping
- verb - cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
- cut with a hacking tool
- form or shape by chopping; "chop a hole in the ground"
- hit sharply
- move suddenly
- strike sharply, as in some sports
Clapping
- verb - a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
- cause to strike the air in flight; "The big bird clapped its wings"
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
- clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music"
- put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail"
- strike the air in flight; "the wings of the birds clapped loudly"
- strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise; "clap two boards together"
- strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting
Clipping
- verb - an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
- attach with a clip; "clip the papers together"
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- run at a moderately swift pace
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
- terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
- the act of clipping or snipping
Clopping
- verb - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
Coapting
- verb - cause to adhere; "The wounds were coapted"
- fit tightly and fasten
Coupling
- verb - a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
- engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
- form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"
- link together; "can we couple these proposals?"
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"