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Lopping meaning
gerund of lop: the cutting off of branches, etc. | That which is cut off; leavings.
Example sentences (8)
For two hours, Welter’s assembled crew combed the preserve, lopping off the flowers to prevent the spread of seeds and then digging out the roots.
That children cannot smoke, get tattoos, vote, drive, or buy guns should be a clue that changing their hormones and lopping off body parts is a bad idea.
This legally-protected status would protect the tree from any deliberate damage or destruction, including felling, lopping, topping and uprooting.
In a community where award-winning musicals and musicians have been nourishing souls for generations, the thought of lopping off parts of the music curriculum is nauseating to the stomach.
The girls 200 medley relay team – Jenna Cavanaugh, Allen, Sullins and Sczesny – finished third while lopping nearly a quarter-second off their 2019 best.
A harvest machine cutting down the tulips heads: Once the tulips are in full bloom, the farmers run cutting machines through their fields, lopping off the colourful flower heads.
Harvesting construction timber and lopping branches for fodder for cattle and other farm animals are also deforestation/degradation drivers in all geographic zones.
On an average, the yield of green forage from a full grown tree is expected to be about 60 kg with complete lopping having only the central leading shoot, 30 kg when the lower two third crown is lopped and 20 kg when the lower one third crown is lopped.