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ZIPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does zipper mean?
• ZIPPER (noun)
The noun ZIPPER has 1 sense:
1. a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
Familiarity information: ZIPPER used as a noun is very rare.
• ZIPPER (verb)
The verb ZIPPER has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ZIPPER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper
Hypernyms ("zipper" is a kind of...):
fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
Holonyms ("zipper" is a part of...):
cardigan (knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper)
dress; frock (a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice)
skirt (a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women)
pair of trousers; pant; trousers ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately)
Derivation:
zip; zipper (close with a zipper)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: zippered
Past participle: zippered
-ing form: zippering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Close with a zipper
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
Context example:
Zip up your jacket--it's cold
Hypernyms (to "zipper" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)
Context examples
Each protein contains a bZIP domain and a leucine zipper domain.
(FOS Oncoprotein, NCI Thesaurus)
These genes encode leucine zipper proteins that can dimerize with proteins of the JUN family, thereby forming the transcription factor complex AP-1.
(FOS Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
This protein is comprised of approximately half the RNA-binding protein FUS fused to the DNA-binding basic domain and leucine zipper dimerization domain of the cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1.
(FUS/CREB3L1 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of approximately half the RNA-binding protein FUS fused to the DNA-binding basic domain and leucine zipper dimerization domain of the cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2.
(FUS/CREB3L2 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Expressed in a variety of tissues (fetal liver and adult pancreas highest) by human POV1 Gene, 559-aa L-Type Amino Acid Transporter 3 contains a putative secretory signal peptide and a leucine zipper motif.
(L-Type Amino Acid Transporter 3, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of at least half of the RNA-binding protein FUS followed by the DNA-binding basic domain and leucine zipper dimerization domain of the DNA damage-inducible transcript 3 protein.
(FUS/DDIT3 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
The proto-oncogene c-fos encodes a nuclear protein that dimerizes with Jun via a zipper motif to form the transcription factor AP1 and is involved in growth-related transcriptional control.
(Oncogene FOS, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is comprised of most of the non-POU domain-containing octamer-binding protein fused to the C-terminal basic helix-loop-helix DNA binding and leucine zipper dimerization domains of the transcription factor E3 protein.
(NONO/TFE3 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
PTC1 oncogene involves fusion of RET kinase to the H4 dimerization leucine zipper.
(Oncogene RET, NCI Thesaurus)
Bipartite DNA binding domain containing a helix-turn and a leucine zipper.
(HT-Zip Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
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