Antonyms for lop

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lop

Phonetic Transcription : lɒp

lengthen

Definition of lop

Origin : "cut off," 1510s, from Middle English loppe (n.) "small branches and twigs trimmed from trees" (early 15c.), of unknown origin. Related: Lopped (mid-15c.); lopping. Place name Loppedthorn is attested from 1287.

verb trim

Example sentences :

Let him spread as farre as he list without his maister-bough or lop equally.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

He's got a bent-in nose, an' a lop ear, an' a jaw like a hippo.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

To lop away the half of a pine is only to see how beautiful the other half is.
Extract from : « The Voice of the Machines » by Gerald Stanley Lee

When they had been chosen, David had to shinny up them to lop off their branches.
Extract from : « David and the Phoenix » by Edward Ormondroyd

Don't move about or turn your head or lop around or move your hands or feet.
Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn

I'll just lop off a little limb on one side, and see the effect.
Extract from : « Reels and Spindles » by Evelyn Raymond

Two young men who are friends do not lop on each other, and kiss and gush.
Extract from : « What a Young Woman Ought to Know » by Mary Wood-Allen

Why should I trouble my head if they choose to lop and trim one another?
Extract from : « Otto of the Silver Hand » by Howard Pyle

All that he is required to do is to climb a tree in the jungle and lop off a régime.
Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson

Jimmy then took the other axe, and the two began to lop off the branches.
Extract from : « The Swan and Her Crew » by George Christopher Davies

Synonyms for lop

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