lop
part of speech
verb (lops, lopped, lopping)
meaning for a pupil
To lop is to cut off with one swift stroke, such as a branch or a head. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means to cut off branches. In Isaiah it pictures God cutting down proud trees. Interpretation: The trees stand for proud kings and nations. Commentators read the lopping as God's judgment on Assyria, and the lofty brought low. In the primary lessons: in tales, a hero lops off the heads of a monster
examples
- Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be laid low. (Prophets ISA.10.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off. (Prophets ISA.18.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- The hero lopped off the dragon's head. tree →
- Dad lopped the dead branch off the tree. tree →
- Jason lopped the branch from the tree. tree →
note
nothing for maths in general; 'lop off 9' takes 9 away, so the count goes down by 9.
Trees and pragmatics
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