4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Lop \Lop\ (l[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lopping}.] [Prov. G. luppen, lubben, to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.] 1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches. "With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: lop v 1: cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" [syn: {discerp}, {sever}] 2: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: {snip}, {clip}, {crop}, {trim}, {dress}, {prune}, {cut back}] [also: {lopping}, {lopped}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: lopped adj : (of plants or trees) having the top or outer parts cut off; "lopped-off branches" [syn: {lopped off}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: lopped See {lop}
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