lopped
Hacked branches away
Lopped is the past tense of lop, meaning to cut branches or limbs from a tree, typically with a single stroke: He lopped the dead branches from the oak.
By extension, lopped describes anything trimmed or cut off abruptly: The editor lopped two chapters from the manuscript.
Lopped-off suggests something removed carelessly or crudely.
Made more concise
- curtailedCut short prematurely
- truncatedCut off abruptly
- diminishedMade or became smaller
- trimmedCut to neaten
cut back · pared · docked · abbreviated · clipped · cropped · scaled back
Heavy-duty cutting blades
- branchesLimbs of trees
- trimmingCutting away excess
- hedgeBoundary of planted shrubs
- topiaryShaped shrub sculpture
arboriculture · thinning · clipping · pollarding · coppicing · deadheading · orchard · bonsai
severed
Cut off completely
sliced · cleaved · truncated · snipped · sheared · axe · saw · machete · felled · slash
shortened
Made more concise
- curtailedCut short prematurely
- truncatedCut off abruptly
- diminishedMade or became smaller
trimmed · cut back · pared · docked · abbreviated · clipped · cropped · scaled back
shears
Heavy-duty cutting blades
topiary · arboriculture · thinning · clipping · pollarding · coppicing · deadheading · orchard · bonsai · espalier