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The Clue

Trims off (4 letter answer)

The Answer

LOPS

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Notes

The answer LOPS is uncommon, appearing about once every 375 puzzles.

Related Clues

Droops
Prunes
Trims
Truncates
Chops (off)
Cuts, as branches
Cuts off
Cuts, with "off"
Eliminates as unnecessary
Prunes trees
Takes a bough?
Trims branches
Trims a tree
Trims the tree
Trims, as a tree
Works on a hedgerow
Cuts with garden shears
Cuts off, as branches
Hangs down loosely
More than snips
Takes the top (off)

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"