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LOP OFF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove by or as if by cutting

Example:

lop off the dead branch

Synonyms:

chop off; cut off; lop off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "lop off" is one way to...):

come away; come off; detach (come to be detached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lop off"):

abscise (remove or separate by abscission)

roach (cut the mane off (a horse))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

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