lop

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.

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

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lopper n.

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lop ²  (lp)

intr. & tr.v. lopped, lop·ping, lops

To hang or let hang loosely; droop.

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[Origin unknown.]

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lop¹

vb lops, lopping, lopped (tr; usually foll by off)

1. to sever (parts) from a tree, body, etc., esp with swift strokes

2. to cut out or eliminate from as excessive

n

a part or parts lopped off, as from a tree

[C15 loppe branches cut off; compare lob¹]

lopper  n

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lop²

vb lops, lopping, lopped

1. to hang or allow to hang loosely

2. (intr) to slouch about or move awkwardly

3. (intr) a less common word for lope

[perhaps related to lop¹; compare lob¹]

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lop³

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Northern English dialect a flea

[probably from Old Norse hloppa (unattested) flea, from hlaupa to leap]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	lop - cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" discerp, sever cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" sever, break up - set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
	2.	lop - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" prune, snip, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress 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

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lop

verb cut, crop, chop, trim, clip, dock, hack, detach, prune, shorten, sever, curtail, truncate Someone lopped the heads off our tulips.

Translations

lop [lɒp] VT

1. [+ tree] → mochar, desmochar

2. (also lop away, lop off) [+ branches] → podar (fig) → cortar

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lop

vt (also lop off) → abhacken

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lop [lɒp] vt (also lop off) → tagliar (via), recidere

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lop [lɒp] vt (also lop off) → tagliar (via), recidere

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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, afsny يَقُص، يُشَذّب، يَخْصُم подрязвам osekat; srazit skære af; hugge af; slå af abhacken κόβω podar, recortar kärpima هرس کردن karsia émonder; réduire לִכרוֹת काटना odsjeći levág memotong höggva af potare; togliere 切り取る 잘라내다 (ap)genėti, numušti apgriezt; apcirpt (zarus); nocirst memangkas; mencantas; memotong snoeien beskjære, hogge av; gi avslag obciąć cortar a tăia; a reduce (cu) срезать osekať, prestrihať; znížiť odsekati potkresati kapa, slå av ตัดบางส่วน koparmak 砍掉 обрубувати гілки کاٹنا tỉa cành 砍掉