lop

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1v

1. cut off, chop off, sever, truncate, obtruncate, detruncate; trim off, detach, amputate, prune, dock, crop, shorten, clip, top, shear, mow, cut short, bob, pare, shave, snip; gash, slice off, abscind, split, carve, cleave, sunder; rend, rive, divide; section, apportion, dissect, cut apart, disjoint, disjoin, disunite; dismember, mutilate, commit mayhem.

2. edit, abridge, abbreviate, condense; contract, epitomize, summarize, abstract; curtail, cut back, reduce, diminish, cut down on; dilute, water down, water, thin out; adulterate, weaken, Inf. doctor; eliminate, expurgate, bowdlerize.

II

v

droop, hang limply, sag, hang down; bend, bow, (of trees, flowers, etc.) nod; dip, lean, curve; sink, slump, settle, drop; hang loosely, depend from, dangle, loll.