Definitions for LOP
lɒplop

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. discerp, sever, lopverb

   cut off from a whole

   "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

2. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut backverb

   cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

   "dress the plants in the garden"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lopnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. That which is cut from trees.

   Or siker thy head very tottie is,
   So on thy corbe shoulder it leans amiss;
   Now thyself hath lost both lop and top,
   As my budding branch thou would’st crop. Edmund Spenser.

   Nor should the boughs grow too big, because they give opportunity to the rain to soak into the tree, which will quickly cause it to decay, so that you must cut it down, or else both body and lop will be of little value. John Mortimer.

   2. [ Loppa, Swedish.]A flea.

2. To LOPverb

   Etymology: It is derived by Stephen Skinner from laube, German, a leaf.

   1. To cut the branches of trees.

   Gentle niece, what stern ungentle hands
   Have lopp’d, and hew’d, and made thy body bare
   Of her two branches, those sweet ornaments. William Shakespeare.

   Like to pillars,
   Or hollow’d bodies, made of oak or fir,
   With branches lopp’d in wood, or mountain fell’d. John Milton.

   The plants, whose luxury was lopp’d,
   Or age with crutches underprop’d. John Cleveland.

   The oak, growing from a plant to a great tree, and then lopped, is still the same oak. John Locke.

   The hook she bore, instead of Cynthia’s spear,
   To lop the growth of the luxuriant year. Alexander Pope.

   2. To cut any thing.

   The gardener may lop religion as he please. James Howell.

   So long as there’s a head,
   Hither will all the mountain spirits fly;
   Lop that but off. John Dryden, Sp. Friar.

   All that denominated it paradise was lopped off by the deluge, and that only left which it enjoyed in common with its neighbour countries. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

   I’m sure in needless bonds it poets ties,
   Procrustus like, the ax or wheel applies,
   To lop the mangled sense, or stretch it into size. Smith.

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1. lop

   "Lop" is usually used as a verb which means to cut off branches, twigs, or parts from a tree, plant, or object. It also refers to reducing the length or size of something. As a noun, it is often used to indicate the parts that have been cut off.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lopnoun

   a flea

2. Lopverb

   to cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to sho/ -- by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches

3. Lopverb

   to cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge

4. Lopnoun

   that which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree

5. Lopverb

   to hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side

6. Lopverb

   to let hang down; as, to lop the head

7. Lopadjective

   hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided

8. Etymology: [Prov. G. luppen, lubben, to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lop

   lop, v.i. to hang down loosely.—adjs. Lop′-eared, having ears which hang downwards; Lop′sided, heavier on one side than the other, as a ship.

2. Lop

   lop, v.t. to cut off the top or ends of, esp. of a tree: to curtail by cutting away superfluous parts:—pr.p. lop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. lopped.—n. twigs of trees cut off—ns. Lop′per; Lop′ping, a cutting off: that which is cut off. [Cf. Dut. lubben, to cut; perh. conn. with leaf.]

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1. LOP

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Anagrams for LOP »

1. pol

How to pronounce LOP?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of LOP in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of LOP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=LOP
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=LOP
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LOP
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=LOP