LOP

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~pe Date: 14th century material cut away from a tree, II. transitive verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 1519 1. a. to cut off branches or twigs from, to sever from a woody plant, b. to cut off the head or limbs of, to cut from a person, 2. to remove superfluous parts from, to eliminate as unnecessary or undesirable, III. intransitive verb (~ped; ~ping) Etymology: perhaps imitative Date: 1578 to hang downward ; droop