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   lop

   /lɒp/

   verb

   • 1. cut off (a branch, limb, or twig) from the main body of a tree: "they lopped off more branches to save the tree"
   • ▪ remove branches from (a tree): "they had lopped some trees without permission" Similar cutchophacksawhewslicepareprunesevercliptrimsnipdockcropremovedetachexcise
   • ▪ remove (something regarded as unnecessary or burdensome): "the new rail link lops an hour off journey times" Similar removecutslashaxetaketrimprunedocktruncateeliminate

   noun

   • 1. branches and twigs lopped off trees: "in many forests they took the lop and top, and in some cases the stump, of trees"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun): of unknown origin.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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