The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cropped (kr[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cropping.]
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To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one.
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2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
Death . . . .crops the growing boys.
--Creech. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
to cut off an unnecessary portion at the edges; -- of photographs and other two-dimensional images; as, to crop her photograph up to the shoulders.
Wiktionary
n. (context mining English) (rfdef: English) vb. (present participle of crop English)
WordNet
See crop
v. cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"
prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" [syn: cultivate, work]
yield crops; "This land crops well"
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: graze, pasture]
feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn: browse, graze, range, pasture]
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back]
n. the yield from plants in a single growing season [syn: harvest]
a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"
the stock or handle of a whip
a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food [syn: craw]
Wikipedia
Cropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter or change aspect ratio. Depending on the application, this may be performed on a physical photograph, artwork or film footage, or achieved digitally using image editing software. The term is common to the film, broadcasting, photographic, graphic design and printing industries.
Cropping is the removal of a person's ears as an act of physical punishment. It was performed along with the pillorying or immobilisation in the stocks, and sometimes alongside punishments such as branding or fines. The punishment is described in Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Cropping is the removal of part or all of the pinnae or auricles, the external visible flap of the ear, of an animal. Most commonly performed on dogs, it is an ancient practice that was once done for perceived health, practical or cosmetic reasons. In modern times, it is banned in many nations, but is still legal in a limited number of countries. Where permitted, it is seen only in certain breeds of dog such as the Pit bull, Doberman Pinscher, Schnauzer, Great Dane, Boxer, Caucasian Shepherd Dog and Beauceron.
The veterinary procedure is known as cosmetic otoplasty. Current veterinary science provides no medical or physical advantage to the animal from the procedure, leading to concerns over animal cruelty related to performing unnecessary surgery on the animals. In addition to the bans in place in countries around the world, it is described in some veterinary texts as "no longer considered ethical."
Cropping of large portions of the pinnae of other animals is rare, although the clipping of identifying shapes in the pinnae of livestock, called earmarks, was common prior to the introduction of compulsory ear tags. Removal of portions of the ear of laboratory mice for identification, i.e. ear-notching, is still used. The practice of cropping for cosmetic purposes is rare in non-canines, although some selectively bred animals have naturally small ears which can be mistaken for cropping.
Usage examples of "cropping".
If they didn’t pass, she would spend time arguing about cropping and color register.
After a few moments, the mares began cropping grass ravenously, ignoring the delighted stallion.
The Shaggies and the dun were too busy cropping the scant grass to bother calling a greeting to their trail mate.
She quickly recognized their familiar scents and went back to cropping grass.
Torak was still our main concern, and he was quite enough to worry about without other family squabbles cropping up to confuse the issue.
He's a good man, I suppose, but he gets nervous when things he doesn't understand start cropping up.
The one matter that kept cropping up again and again was the question of lustful thoughts about women.
The pain from the cropping would be with her for a while, but it would fade reasonably quickly.
After that cropping, I was really surprised that she could manage anything even resembling a smile.
Compared to the cropping her feet had endured, this should be a cake-walk for her.
They had four black-faced sheep cropping grass outside their glass side, their arabian horses, a collie dog as large as a pony that won prizes, and some of the most beautiful imported ducks in the world.
The Keplian had the seeming of a tall, perfect black stallion as it had stood cropping the dew-heavy grass.
The smell of stew tantalized the travelers when they reached the place where Monso waited, cropping determinedly at the scrubby clumps of grass nestled between the rocks.
Once outside the Fane, she whistled softly, then saw the Keplian some distance away, cropping desultorily at the grass.
Alon turned his head, and his eyes left hers to fasten on the Keplian, hungrily cropping grass.