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- Dictionarylop/läp/
verb
- 1. cut off (a branch, limb, or other protrusion) from the main body of a tree: "they lopped off more branches to save the tree"
noun
- 1. branches and twigs lopped off trees: "in many forests they took the lop and top, and in some cases the stump, of trees"
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The meaning of LOP is material cut away from a tree; especially : parts discarded in lumbering.
Lop definition: to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant.. See examples of LOP used in a sentence.
LOP definition: to cut a piece from something with a single quick action: . Learn more.
LOP meaning: to cut a piece from something with a single quick action: . Learn more.
To lop is to cut a chunk of something off. You could lop off your long hair, or lop off the top of a Christmas tree to make it fit in your living room. You can physically lop things, like when you lop the brown branches off of your ailing rose bush or lop off the bottoms of your jeans to make shorts.
1. To cut off (a part), especially from a tree or shrub: lopped off the dead branches. 2. To cut off a part or parts from; trim: lopped the vines back; lopped her curls shorter. 3. To eliminate or excise as superfluous: lopped him from the payroll. [Perhaps from Middle English loppe, small branches and twigs .] lop′per n. lop 2. (lŏp)
Noun. Adjective. Filter. verb. lopped, lopping, lops. To trim (a tree, etc.) by cutting off branches, twigs, or stems. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To hang down loosely. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cut off a part or parts from; trim. Lopped the vines back; lopped her curls shorter. American Heritage.
Definition of lop verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb Word forms: lops, lopping, lopped (transitive; usually foll by off) 1. to sever (parts) from a tree, body, etc, esp with swift strokes. 2. to cut out or eliminate from as excessive. noun. 3. a part or parts lopped off, as from a tree. Collins English Dictionary.
1. to hang down loosely. 2. to move in a halting way. adjective.
