DEF: 1. To cut something into piece with an axe, knife, cleaver. 2. To break something with the edge of your hand (martial art). 3. To cut something off.
EX:
He chops the onion into small cubes.
He is chopping firewood to prepare for his fireplace.
A karate chop is made by using the part of the hand opposite the thumb to strike down, like a knife.
There are too many trees in the yard, we need to chop down some of them.
He is on the chopping block (about to be fired) because he is not doing his job well.
