Definitions

1. noun

a cut or portion of wood cut from a tree, typically in a horizontal direction

“The carpenter made a long lop from the freshly cut log.”

2. verb

to cut or remove a portion of wood from a tree, typically in a horizontal direction

“The lumberjack lopped the branch from the tree trunk.”

3. verb

to remove or cut something off, typically in a single, sweeping motion

“She lopped the dead flower from the plant.”