lop
pronunciation
How to pronounce lop in British English:
UK [lɒp]
How to pronounce lop in American English:
US [lɑp]
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- Verb:
- cut off from a whole
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Word Origin
- lop (v.1)
- "cut off," 1510s, from Middle English loppe (n.) "small branches and twigs trimmed from trees" (early 15c.), of unknown origin. Related: Lopped (mid-15c.); lopping. Place name Loppedthorn is attested from 1287.
- lop (v.2)
- "droop, hang loosely," 1570s, probably a variant of lob or of lap (v.); compare lopsided (1711), originally lapsided, first used of ships. Lop-eared attested from 1680s. Related: Lopped; lopping.
Example
- 1. Lop nur atomic energy base current situation , observes that tears flow plentifully .
- 2. On the regulatory side , the european union , determined that banks that have taken government money shouldn 't get a competitive edge from the bailout ( as goldman sachs has in the u.s. from government guarantees ) , is busy forcing banks to shrink their balance sheets or to lop off whole business units .
- 3. The electromagnetic induction measurements ( em38 ) were applied to investigate electromagnetic induction of the salt crust in lop nur great ear region and the deposit sampling and measurements were made in different scales and varied space differential rate .
- 4. Lop off branches from a tree .
- 5. You 'll all be out of here after I lop off a few heads .