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lop

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lop 1  (lp)
tr.v. lopped, lop·ping, lops
1. To cut off (a part), especially from a tree or shrub: lopped off the dead branches.
2. To cut off a part or parts from; trim: lopped the vines back; lopped her curls shorter.
3. To eliminate or excise as superfluous: lopped him from the payroll.

[Perhaps from Middle English loppe, small branches and twigs.]

lopper n.

lop
Verb
[lopping, lopped] (usually foll. by off)
1. to cut (parts) off a tree or body
2. to cut out or eliminate any unnecessary parts: some parts of the legislature were lopped off [Middle English loppe branches cut off]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.lop - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
2.loplop - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants"
shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges"
pollard, poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"
pinch, top - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"
disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

lop
Translations

lop [lɔp]: to lop off vtcortar [+ branches]; podar
lop [lɔp] to lop off vtcouper, trancher
lop [lɔp] vt (also: lop off) → tagliare via, recidere

lop
v lop [lop]
to cut off (parts) from eg a tree We lopped several branches from the tree; He lopped a dollar off the price.afsnoei, afsnyيَقُص، يُشَذّب، يَخْصُمподрязвамosekat; srazitskære af; hugge af; slå afabhackenκόβωpodar, recortarkärpimaهرس کردنkatkoa, karsiaémonder; réduireלִכרוֹתकाटनाodsjećilevágmemotonghöggva afpotare; togliere切り取る가지를 치다, 삭감하다(ap)genėti, numuštiapgriezt; apcirpt (zarus); nocirstmemangkas; mencantas; memotongsnoeienbeskjære, hogge av; gi avslagobciąćcortara tăia; a reduce (cu)срезатьosekať, prestrihať; znížiťodsekatipotkresatikapa, slå avตัดบางส่วนkoparmak砍掉обрубувати гілкиکاٹناtỉa cành砍掉

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Mrs Varden's chief aider and abettor, and at the same time her principal victim and object of wrath, was her single domestic servant, one Miss Miggs; or as she was called, in conformity with those prejudices of society which lop and top from poor hand- maidens all such genteel excrescences--Miggs.
You are such a solitary tree, Umslopogaas, but the topmost branches of him whom I serve are thicker than your trunk, and beneath his shadow live many woodcutters, who go out to lop those that would grow too high.
Tomorrow ere fresh Morning streak the East With first approach of light, we must be ris'n, And at our pleasant labour, to reform Yon flourie Arbors, yonder Allies green, Our walks at noon, with branches overgrown, That mock our scant manuring, and require More hands then ours to lop thir wanton growth: Those Blossoms also, and those dropping Gumms, That lie bestrowne unsightly and unsmooth, Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with ease; Mean while, as Nature wills, Night bids us rest.
 
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