podar — meaning in English

English meaning

• crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
• lop verb To cut off a part of something, especially a branch or limb.
• prune noun A dried plum.
• trim verb To cut away excess from something to neaten it.

Senses

podar is used for these senses in English:

• crop (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
• lop (transitive, usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
• trim (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.

crop — full definition

1. noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
2. noun A short whip used in horse riding.
3. verb To trim or cut something short, or to remove the outer edges of a photograph.

lop — full definition

1. verb To cut off a part of something, especially a branch or limb.
2. verb To hang down loosely.
3. noun A breed of rabbit with ears that hang down flat rather than standing upright.

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