Definitions
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Word origin
From Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the noun.
Used in a sentence
“Some, for hard masters, broken under arms, In battle lopt away, with half their limbs, Beg bitter bread thro’ realms their valour sav’d,”
“to lop the head”
“Why, we take, From every tree, lop, bark, and part o'the timber”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cut branches”3 letters
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