lop
To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb…To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
» I went with lopping most of my hair off.
terrywallwork · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(transitive, usually)To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
обруба́тьobrubátʹ
cut off from a whole
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
To allow to hang down.
to lop the head
Examples
3 sentencesI went with lopping most of my hair off.
I've been lopping trees all afternoon and shredding them into mulch for the garden.
ruЯ весь день обрезал деревья и мульчировал их для сада. — astynk
Why did van Gogh lop his ear off?
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the noun.From Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the noun.
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Forms
lops, lopping, lopped, loppedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle