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Another word for lop

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lop

v.

To hang
slump, flop, droop; see hang 2.
To cut off; said especially of branches
crop, prune, chop; see cut 1, trim 1.

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Another word for lop

verb

To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:

chop¹, clip¹, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lower², pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase

verb

To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly:

droop, flop, loll, sag, slouch, wilt. See hang

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In colour lop-eared rabbits vary greatly.
Above sea-level, forming an intermediate steppe between the highest regions and the lowest, east of Lop Nor.
The great central depression of the continent which reaches from the foot of the Pamir plateau on the west through the Tarim desert to Lop Nor and the Gobi has yielded up many interesting Chinese secrets.
2 0n the opposite or north side of the desert of Lop (desert of Gobi).
It is a black pig like the Berkshire, but has short lop-ears, a more pointed, straight nose, a more compact body, and more white markings.

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