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lop
1[lop]
verb (used with object)
to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant.
to cut off (a limb, part, or the like) from a person, animal, etc.
to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant).
to eliminate as unnecessary or excessive.
We had to lop off whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee.
Archaic.to cut off the head, limbs, etc., of (a person).
verb (used without object)
to cut off branches, twigs, etc., as of a tree.
to remove parts by or as by cutting.
noun
parts or a part lopped off.
(of trees) the smaller branches and twigs not useful as timber.
lop
2[lop]
verb (used without object)
to hang loosely or limply; droop.
to sway, move, or go in a drooping or heavy, awkward way.
to move in short, quick leaps.
a rabbit lopping through the garden.
verb (used with object)
to let hang or droop.
He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
adjective
hanging down limply or droopingly.
lop ears.
LOP
3abbreviation
lop
1/ ɒ /
verb
to sever (parts) from a tree, body, etc, esp with swift strokes
to cut out or eliminate from as excessive
noun
a part or parts lopped off, as from a tree
lop
2/ ɒ /
verb
to hang or allow to hang loosely
(intr) to slouch about or move awkwardly
(intr) a less common word for lope
lop
3/ ɒ /
noun
dialecta flea
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈDZ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lop1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lop1
Origin of lop2
Origin of lop3
Example Sentences
In his Newsnight interview, Lowe said of Farage's "brutal" leadership style "If people become, if you like, too tall a poppy, he tends to lop off the head of the poppy".
This, the Conservative leader and former business secretary Kemi Badenoch argued, is "lop sided" and why she didn't sign off on the deal when she was in government.
The fruits of all that research have been blithely and abruptly lopped off the vine.
Losing votes could also lop 10p off every £1 of income tax, depriving the Welsh government of crucial funds.
“Hood” — the name of a British admiral at a time American relations with that empire were less than amicable — could also be lopped off for a new title and name.
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