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# lop

verb (lops, lopped, lopping)

«lop» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To lop is to cut off with one swift stroke, such as a branch or a head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lop/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a hero lops off the heads of a monster

### Examples

- The hero lopped off the dragon's head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lop/#x1)
- Dad lopped the dead branch off the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lop/#x2)
- Jason lopped the branch from the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lop/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths in general; 'lop off 9' takes 9 away, so the count goes down by 9.

## In Jewish tradition

It means to cut off branches. In Isaiah it pictures God cutting down proud trees.

**Interpretation.** The trees stand for proud kings and nations. Commentators read the lopping as God's judgment on Assyria, and the lofty brought low.

### Examples

- Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be laid low. (Prophets ISA.10.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lop/#x1)
- For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off. (Prophets ISA.18.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lop/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths in general; 'lop off 9' takes 9 away, so the count goes down by 9.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lop.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «lop» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lop» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lop.html) on Mova free.