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Entry 7 senses · 6 variants Webster, 1913

Lop

/lōp/ · IPA /lɑp/
01 n. A flea.
  1. 1.
    A flea.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; …
imp. & p. p. Lopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lopping
  1. 1.
    To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches.
    “Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts.” — Pope.
  2. 2.
    To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.
03 n. That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.
  1. 1.
    That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.
04 v. i. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
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    To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
05 v. t. To let hang down; as, to lop the head.
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    To let hang down; as, to lop the head.
06 a. Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.
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    Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.