"lop off" meaning in All languages combined

See lop off on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: lops off [present, singular, third-person], lopping off [participle, present], lopped off [participle, past], lopped off [past]
Etymology: See lop. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lop off (third-person singular simple present lops off, present participle lopping off, simple past and past participle lopped off)
  1. (transitive) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to cut off): snead Related terms: defalcate Translations (cut off top or end): fanar (Galician), demoucar (Galician), praecīdō (Latin), cortar (Spanish), mochar (Spanish), podar (Spanish), snoppa (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone."
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "cut off top or end",
          "word": "fanar"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "cut off top or end",
          "word": "demoucar"
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          "sense": "cut off top or end",
          "word": "praecīdō"
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          "sense": "cut off top or end",
          "word": "cortar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cut off top or end",
          "word": "mochar"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cut off top or end",
          "word": "podar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cut off top or end",
          "word": "snoppa"
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      "sense": "to cut off",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cut off top or end",
      "word": "fanar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cut off top or end",
      "word": "demoucar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "cut off top or end",
      "word": "praecīdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cut off top or end",
      "word": "cortar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cut off top or end",
      "word": "mochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cut off top or end",
      "word": "podar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cut off top or end",
      "word": "snoppa"
    }
  ],
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}

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