lop
English
/lɒp/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
- To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
- To allow to hang down.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English loppe (bough, spider, flea).
Origin
Middle English
loppe
Gloss
bough, spider, flea
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
🕸️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alop English
- eared English
- lobster English
- lobsterback English
- lobsterboat English
- lobsterer English
- lobsterette English
- lobsterish English
- lobsterlike English
- lobsterling English
- lobsterman English
- lobsterscope English
- lobsterwoman English
- lobstery English
- lop-eared English
- lopper English
- loppiness English
- loppy English
- lopseed English
- lopt English
- seed English
- slipper lobster English
- locusta Latin
- lüpfen German
- лобстер Russian
- loppe Old English
- loppestre Old English
- loppe Middle English
- loppes Middle English
- lopster Middle English
- lüpfen Middle High German
- לובסטר Hebrew (modern)