Lopping

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.
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              Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a
        hedge.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lopping \Lop"ping\, n.
     A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off;
     leavings.
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           The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood.
                                                    --Burke.
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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]:

  lopping
       See {lop}