Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To close with a zip fastener.

    close with a zipper

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To close as if with a zip fastener.

    Zip your lip!

  3. (transitive)To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.

    zippen

  4. (transitive)To subject to the convolution mapping function.

  5. (intransitive)To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

    The bullet zipped through the air.

  6. (colloquial, intransitive)To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).

    Zip down to the shops for some milk.

    move very fast

  7. (transitive)To make (something) move quickly

  8. To travel on a zipline.

  9. (UK)To offer a list of alternately male and female candidates in an attempt to address the shortage of women.

Examples

124 sentences
  1. You should zip up your coat.

    Вам слід застібнути пальто. — Ahha

    ruЗастегните пальто на молнию. — BW

  2. You should zip your coat up.

    Вам слід застібнути пальто. — Ahha

    ruЗастегните пальто на молнию. — BW

  3. Don't forget to write the zip code.

    Не забудь указати індекс. — deniko

    ruНе забудь написать индекс. — marafon

    deVergiss nicht, die Postleitzahl anzugeben! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. What's your zip code?

    Який твій поштовий індекс? — deniko

  5. This zipper doesn't zip smoothly.

    Ця застібка-блискавка не застібається плавно. — ChickenKiev

    deDieser Reißverschluss hakt. — Yorwba

Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to convert a computer file into a smaller package:

Forms

zips, zipping, zipped, zipped
Base formzip · to zip
3rd person singularzips
Present participlezipping
Past simplezipped
Past participlezipped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyzip
he, she, itzips

Past simpleLesson

all personszipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave zipped
he, she, ithas zipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill zip

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
close with a zip fastener:zip up
Close in meaning

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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