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Lop

A flea.

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Verb group 2

Sever 84% connected

To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sever 84% connected

To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Disbud 76% connected

To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Poll 76% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pollard 76% connected

A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shear 76% connected

To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Pruner 74% connected

One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pruner 74% connected

One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Severance 74% connected

The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Severance 74% connected

The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Clip 92% connected

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crop 92% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discerp 92% connected

To tear in pieces; to rend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dress 92% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prune 92% connected

To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sever 92% connected

To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snip 92% connected

To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trim 92% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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