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Lops

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

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📖 Definitions of "Lops"

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"

noun

1
A flea.
"Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops."

noun

1
(usually offensive) A disabled person, a cripple.
2
Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lops"

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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.
cutsnoun	(Australia, New Zealand, dated or historical, with "the") Corporal punishment at school.
prunesnoun	The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
truncatesverb	(transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
slashesnoun	A slashing action or motion:
shavesverb	(transitive) To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
trimsnoun	(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
shrinksverb	(US, Pennsylvania Dutch English) A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which combines aspects of a clothing wardrobe, curio, and cabinet.
droopsverb	(intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
gobblesverb	To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)
paresnoun	A village in central Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, an estate established by John Pare in 1750.
yanks	a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein.
dropsnoun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.