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  • 21lop — verb they ve lopped off the dead branches Syn: cut (off), chop off, hack off, saw off, hew (off), ax; prune, sever, clip, trim, snip (off), dock, crop …

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  • 22lop — [lɒp] verb lop sth off (sth) …

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  • 23lop — I 1v 1. cut off, chop off, sever, truncate, obtruncate, detruncate; trim off, detach, amputate, prune, dock, crop, shorten, clip, top, shear, mow, cut short, bob, pare, shave, snip; gash, slice off, abscind, split, carve, cleave, sunder; rend,… …

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  • 24lop — 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 …

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  • 25lop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. chop, snip, clip, dock, nip, cut off. See shortness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hang] Syn. slump, flop, droop; see hang 2 . 2. [To cut off; said especially of branches ] Syn. crop, prune, chop; see cut …

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  • 26lop — lÉ‘p /lÉ’p n. something which has been cut off; small branches and twigs cut from a tree v. cut off; prune a tree or other plant; remove, eliminate; hang limply, droop adj. hanging loosely, drooping …

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  • 27lop — v. a. 1. Cut, cut off, obtruncate. 2. Dock, crop, curtail, prune, cut short. 3. Sever, dissever, detach, cut off. 4. Drop, let fall …

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  • 28ˌlop sth ˈoff (sth) — phrasal verb to cut something off something else in one smooth movement …

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  • 29cut off — I verb 1. make a break in (Freq. 8) We interrupt the program for the following messages • Syn: ↑interrupt, ↑disrupt, ↑break up • Derivationally related forms: ↑disruption …

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  • 30chop off — verb remove by or as if by cutting cut off the ear lop off the dead branch • Syn: ↑cut off, ↑lop off • Hypernyms: ↑detach, ↑come off, ↑come away …

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