Lop

[lɒp] or [lɑp]

Definition

(n.) A flea.

(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.

(v. t.) To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.

(n.) That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.

(v. i.) To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.

(v. t.) To let hang down; as, to lop the head.

(a.) Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.

Editor: Theresa

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Cut, cut off.[2]. Dock, crop, curtail, prune, cut short.[3]. Drop, let fall.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Prune, curtail, shorten, retrench, amputate, truncate

ANT:Grow, trail, train, elongate, lead

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Definition

v.i. to hang down loosely.—adjs. Lop′-eared having ears which hang downwards; Lop′sided heavier on one side than the other as a ship.

v.t. to cut off the top or ends of esp. of a tree: to curtail by cutting away superfluous parts:—pr.p. lop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. lopped.—n. twigs of trees cut off—ns. Lop′per; Lop′ping a cutting off: that which is cut off.

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