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How to pronounce lop in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms clip, crop, cut back, dress, prune, snip, trim
Type of thin out
Has types disbud, pinch, poll, pollard, top, shear
Derivation lopper
Type Words
Synonyms discerp, sever
Type of cut
Verb group break up, sever
Derivation lopper

Examples of lop

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Fail to lop off that arm and feel guilty, inadequate and compelled to try again.
From the independent.co.uk
Then use your hedge trimmer to lop off the grass neatly 6 inches from the ground.
From the delawareonline.com
The usual practice is to merely lop off some of the interest or principal owed.
From the forbes.com
Just carry a big cleaver and lop its head off immediately and let it bleed out.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
The lop-sided result will certainly have caused a few furrowed brows in Dublin.
From the guardian.co.uk
The old three-network system swore by L.O.P., least objectionable programming.
From the time.com
Every year a team is able to lop off the back end of a deal is a win for the team.
From the bostonherald.com
The whole thing has become completely lop-sided and needs a thorough overhaul.
From the economist.com
Lop it down to 2hours max and this could've been an action-powered four star ride.
From the metro.co.uk
More examples
  • Discerp: cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
  • Snip: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
  • Rabbit breeds are different varieties of the domestic rabbit created through selective breeding or natural selection. Breeds recognized by organizations such as the American Rabbit Breeders' Association (ARBA) may be exhibited and judged in rabbit shows. ...
  • A flea; To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree
  • (Lops) (AmE) Goofball inmates.
  • To cut limbs from standing trees (24).
  • Sorsha's only childhood friend, a mangy lop-eared cat. One day when Bavmorda was trying to teach her daughter magic, the evil Queen tricked Sorsha into accidentally killing the cat. (WS)
  • "Low on power." An acronym used to alert others that the player character's Power statistic is nearing depletion.
  • The P is for power which is used in DAoC. See LOM.