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- Dictionarylop/lɒp/
verb
- 1. cut off (a branch, limb, or twig) from the main body of a tree: "they lopped off more branches to save the tree"
noun
- 1. branches and twigs lopped off trees: "in many forests they took the lop and top, and in some cases the stump, of trees"
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The meaning of LOP is material cut away from a tree; especially : parts discarded in lumbering.
Lop definition: to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant.. See examples of LOP used in a sentence.
LOP definition: to cut a piece from something with a single quick action: . Learn more.
LOP meaning: to cut a piece from something with a single quick action: . Learn more.
1. to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant. 2. to cut off (a limb or part) from a person, animal, etc. 3. to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant). 4. to eliminate as unnecessary or excessive: We had to lop off whole pages of the report. 5.
To lop is to cut a chunk of something off. You could lop off your long hair, or lop off the top of a Christmas tree to make it fit in your living room. You can physically lop things, like when you lop the brown branches off of your ailing rose bush or lop off the bottoms of your jeans to make shorts.
verb Word forms: lops, lopping, lopped (transitive; 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. noun. 3. a part or parts lopped off, as from a tree. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of lop verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Adjective. Filter. verb. lopped, lopping, lops. To trim (a tree, etc.) by cutting off branches, twigs, or stems. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To hang down loosely. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cut off a part or parts from; trim. Lopped the vines back; lopped her curls shorter. American Heritage.
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