I've been lopping trees all afternoon and shredding them into mulch for the garden.
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Lopping
/ˈlɒpɪŋ/
Synonyms for "lopping" (16 found)
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15 entriesbranch pruningbranch pruning techniquebranch thinningcanopy reduction methodcrown pruningdeadwood removaledge slicingend trimminglopped limbspiece removalpollardingpruned branchespruning techniquetoppingtrimmed canopies
Collocations
13 entriesbranch loppingbranch pruningcanopy reductionlopping brancheslopping of brancheslopping shearspruned branchespruning techniqueseasonal loppingselective loppingtopiary loppingtree loppingtrimmed canopies
Inflections
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6 entriesSample sentences
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I went with lopping most of my hair off.
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[…] I ſhall only throvv the ſtrong Point of Light upon that Part vvhich coincides vvith Roman Hiſtory, and of that Part only on the Point of Time vvhen they received the great and final Stroke vvhich made them no more a Nation; […] I ſay nothing of the Loppings made from that Stock whilſt it ſtood; nor from the Suckers that grevv out of the old Root ever ſince.
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