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Lop

/lɒp/

That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.

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📖 Definitions of "Lop"

noun

1
That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.

verb

1
(usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
2
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
3
To allow to hang down.
"to lop the head"

🔄 Synonyms of "Lop"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
trimnoun	(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
cropnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
clipnoun	To grip tightly.
dressnoun	(transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
snipnoun	To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
prunenoun	(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
cut backverb	(transitive and intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
seververb	(transitive) To cut free.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lop"

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Word	Definition
snipnoun	To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
clipnoun	To grip tightly.
trimnoun	(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
seververb	(transitive) To cut free.
cut backverb	(transitive and intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
dressnoun	(transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
cropnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
prunenoun	(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
truncateverb	(transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
cutverb	(chiefly transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
eared	Having ears.
lobnoun	(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.
loebnoun	A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.
sidedverb	Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
lop offverb	(transitive) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
headnoun	(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
pollnoun	A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
obtruncateverb	To truncate or lop the head off, to decapitate (also figurative).
detruncateverb	(archaic, transitive) To truncate (shorten by cutting, or lop off)
trunknoun	A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.