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:

1. close with a zipper

  Familiarity information: ZIPPER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZIPPER (noun)

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)

• ZIPPER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they zipper    ... he / she / it zippers   
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:

zip; zip up; zipper

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)