There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
TIPPED
atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped
(adjective) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; “the leaning tower of Pisa”; “the headstones were tilted”
tipped
(adjective) having a tip; or having a tip as specified (used in combination); “a rubber-tipped cane”
TIP
tip
(verb) remove the tip from; “tip artichokes”
tip
(verb) mark with a tip; “tip the arrow with the small stone”
tap, tip
(verb) strike lightly; “He tapped me on the shoulder”
tiptoe, tip, tippytoe
(verb) walk on one’s toes
lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position; “She leaned over the banister”
tip
(verb) cause to tilt; “tip the screen upward”
topple, tumble, tip
(verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing
tip, fee, bung
(verb) give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on; “Remember to tip the waiter”; “fee the steward”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
tipped
simple past tense and past participle of tip
Anagrams
• peptid
Source: Wiktionary
TIP
Tip, n. Etym: [Akin to D. & Dan. tip, LG. & Sw. tipp, G. zipfel, and probably to E. tap a plug, a pipe.]
1. The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. To the very tip of the nose. Shak.
2. An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc.
3. (Hat Manuf.)
Definition: A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
4. A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
5. Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
Tip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tipping.]
Definition: To form a point upon; to cover the tip, top, or end of; as, to tip anything with gold or silver. With truncheon tipped with iron head. Hudibras. Tipped with jet, Fair ermines spotless as the snows they press. Thomson.
Tip, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap to strike gently.]
1. To strike slightly; to tap. A third rogue tips me by the elbow. Swift.
2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart. To tip off, to pour out, as liquor.
– To tip over, to overturn.
– To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope.
– To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.
Tip, v. i.
Definition: To fall on, or incline to, one side. Bunyan. To tip off, to fall off by tipping.
Tip, n. Etym: [See Tip to strike slightly, and cf. Tap a slight blow.]
1. A light touch or blow; a tap.
2. A gift; a douceur; a fee. [Colloq.]
3. A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. [Sporting Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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