lop

«lop» in Mova's school dictionary: to cut off with one swift stroke, such as a branch or a head — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

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 tales, a hero lops off the heads of a monster

examples

• 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

Every meaning and example of «lop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.