Lop Off (Verb)
Meaning
Remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The gardener used pruning shears to lop off the dead flowers to promote new growth.
- The farmer decided to lop off a portion of the fence to make way for the new entrance.
- To make the curtains even, she had to lop off a few inches from the bottom edge.
- You'll need to lop off the top tier to make the entire cake stable enough for transportation.
- The woodsman will use his axe to lop off any overgrown branches that obstruct the path.