lop
/lɑp/
verb
- To cut off a branch or part of something, usually with a quick, strong stroke.
- They lopped the overgrown bushes to keep the path clear.
- The gardener lopped the dead branches from the tree.
- He lopped off the top of the fence to make it level.
noun
- A small branch or twig that has been cut off.
- She gathered the lopped twigs for firewood.
- The gardener swept up the lopped pieces from the lawn.
- The ground was covered with lopped branches after the storm.