| Main Entry: | lop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trim |
Synonyms: |
chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, mow, pare, pare down, prune, shear, snip, truncate |
| Main Entry: | amputate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove a limb |
Synonyms: |
cut away, cut off, dismember, eliminate, excise, lop, separate, sever, truncate |
| Main Entry: | bag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop |
Synonyms: |
balloon, billow, bulge, flap, flop, hang, lop, sag, swell |
| Main Entry: | chop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up with tool |
Synonyms: |
axe, cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hackle, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack |
| Main Entry: | crop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, trim off |
Synonyms: |
chop, clip, curtail, detach, detruncate, disengage, hew, lop, mow, pare, pollard, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, skive, slash, snip, top, truncate |
| Main Entry: | curtail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut short; abridge |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, get to meat, halt, lessen, lop, minify, pare down, put in nutshell, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim, truncate |
Antonyms: |
extend, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
Synonyms: |
amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |
| Main Entry: | droop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang down; languish |
Synonyms: |
bend, dangle, decline, depress, diminish, drop, fade, fail, faint, fall down, flag, lean, let down, loll, lop, sag, settle, sink, sling, slouch, slump, subside, suspend, weaken, wilt, wither |
Antonyms: |
inflate, rise |
| Main Entry: | flap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter |
Synonyms: |
agitate, beat, dangle, flail, flash, flop, hang, lop, shake, swing, swish, thrash, thresh, vibrate, wag, wave |
| Main Entry: | flop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall limply, collapse |
Synonyms: |
dangle, droop, drop, flag, flap, flounder, flutter, hang, jerk, lop, quiver, sag, slump, stagger, teeter, topple, toss, totter, tumble, wave, wiggle |