lop+off
1lop off — index sever Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2lop off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms lop off : present tense I/you/we/they lop off he/she/it lops off present participle lopping off past tense lopped off past participle lopped off 1) to cut something off something else in one smooth movement 2) …
3lop off — verb remove by or as if by cutting (Freq. 1) cut off the ear lop off the dead branch • Syn: ↑cut off, ↑chop off • Hypernyms: ↑detach, ↑come off, ↑ …
4lop off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you lop something off, you cut it away from what it was attached to, usually with a quick, strong stroke. [V n P] Somebody lopped the heads off our tulips. [V P n (not pron)] ...men with axes, lopping off branches... [V P n ( …
5lop — [lɔp US la:p] v also lop off past tense and past participle lopped present participle lopping [T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: lop small branches cut off (15 20 centuries)] 1.) also lop off to cut something, especially branches from a tree, usually… …
6lop — [ lap ] verb transitive to cut down a tree or cut some of its branches off ,lop off phrasal verb transitive 1. ) to cut something off something else in one smooth movement 2. ) to reduce something: The Fed has lopped another quarter percent off… …
7lop — lop1 /lop/, v., lopped, lopping, n. v.t. 1. to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant. 2. to cut off (a limb, part, or the like) from a person, animal, etc. 3. to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant).… …
8lop — I [[t]lɒp[/t]] v. lopped, lop•ping, n. 1) bot to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant 2) srg to cut off (a limb or part) from a person, animal, etc 3) bot to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant) 4)… …
9lop — UK [lɒp] / US [lɑp] verb [transitive] Word forms lop : present tense I/you/we/they lop he/she/it lops present participle lopping past tense lopped past participle lopped to cut down a tree, or to cut some of its branches off Phrasal verbs: lop… …
10lop — [[t]lɒ̱p[/t]] lops, lopping, lopped Phrasal Verbs: lop off …
