The Bank of England has lopped another quarter per cent off interest rates.
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lop off — index sever Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lop off — verb remove by or as if by cutting (Freq. 1) cut off the ear lop off the dead branch • Syn: ↑cut off, ↑chop off • Hypernyms: ↑detach, ↑come off, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lop off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you lop something off, you cut it away from what it was attached to, usually with a quick, strong stroke. [V n P] Somebody lopped the heads off our tulips. [V P n (not pron)] ...men with axes, lopping off branches... [V P n ( … English dictionary
lop — [lɔp US la:p] v also lop off past tense and past participle lopped present participle lopping [T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: lop small branches cut off (15 20 centuries)] 1.) also lop off to cut something, especially branches from a tree, usually… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lop — [ lap ] verb transitive to cut down a tree or cut some of its branches off ,lop off phrasal verb transitive 1. ) to cut something off something else in one smooth movement 2. ) to reduce something: The Fed has lopped another quarter percent off… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lop — lop1 /lop/, v., lopped, lopping, n. v.t. 1. to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant. 2. to cut off (a limb, part, or the like) from a person, animal, etc. 3. to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant).… … Universalium
lop — I [[t]lɒp[/t]] v. lopped, lop•ping, n. 1) bot to cut off (branches, twigs, etc.) from a tree or other plant 2) srg to cut off (a limb or part) from a person, animal, etc 3) bot to cut off the branches, twigs, etc., of (a tree or other plant) 4)… … From formal English to slang
lop — UK [lɒp] / US [lɑp] verb [transitive] Word forms lop : present tense I/you/we/they lop he/she/it lops present participle lopping past tense lopped past participle lopped to cut down a tree, or to cut some of its branches off Phrasal verbs: lop… … English dictionary
lop — [[t]lɒ̱p[/t]] lops, lopping, lopped Phrasal Verbs: lop off … English dictionary
Lop — (l[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lopping}.] [Prov. G. luppen, lubben, to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.] 1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
