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The Clue

Dock (3 letter answer)

The Answer

LOP

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Notes

The answer LOP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.

Related Clues

Crop
Cut
___-eared
Prune
Slice
Trim
Truncate
Be pendent
Chop off
Cut (off)
Cut off
Eliminate as excessive
Hang limply
Hang loosely
Kind of sided
Remove, with "off"
Sided or eared
Slice (off)
Take a bough
Trim off
Trim the tree
Trim trees
Cut off, as a branch
Cut off, as branches
Cut with a sweeping motion
Kind of eared or sided

Definition

LOP as a verb:

1. (discerp, sever, lop) = cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
2. (snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back) = cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"