lop

lop
I. noun Etymology: Middle English loppe Date: 14th century material cut away from a tree; especially parts discarded in lumbering II. transitive verb (lopped; lopping) Date: 1519 1. a. (1) to cut off branches or twigs from (2) to sever from a woody plant b. (1) archaic to cut off the head or limbs of (2) to cut from a person 2. a. to remove superfluous parts from b. to eliminate as unnecessary or undesirable — usually used with off III. intransitive verb (lopped; lopping) Etymology: perhaps imitative Date: 1578 to hang downward ; droop

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