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Meaning of 'lop' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lop [ a.]
- Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.
2 . Lop [ n.]
- A flea.
- That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.
3 . Lop [ v. i.]
- To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
4 . Lop [ v. t.]
- To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to sho/ -- by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches.
- To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.
- To let hang down; as, to lop the head.

Meaning of 'lop' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lop [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Example in sentence:
  • dress the plants in the garden
Meaning (2):
- cut off from a whole
Example in sentence:
  • His head was severed from his body;
  • The soul discerped from the body

Nearby Words:

lope lopeared loped lopeman loper lophine lophiomys lophobranch lophobranchiate lophobranchii

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