Truncates (4 letters)

{ Answer }

LOPS

{ Related Clues }

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

{ Tags }

bough, branches, chops, cuts, down, droops, eliminates, hangs, loosely, lops, more, off, prunes, shears, snips, takes, than, top, tree, trims, truncates

{ Notes }

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

{ 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"