Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1. 
 remove by or as if by cutting; 
- Example: "cut off the ear"- Example: "lop off the dead branch"[syn: cut off, chop off, lop off]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lop off
    v 1: remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off
         the dead branch" [syn: cut off, chop off, lop off]