lop vs. lope
lop
(to cut off)
- I’ll need to lop off the dead branches of the tree.
(to reduce an amount of)
- They lopped $500 off the price.
- They lop 15 minutes off our time.
lope
(to walk or run with long relaxed steps)
- Mike loped across the street towards me.
- Two horses were loping over the grass.