# cropped

Pronunciation: say "KROPT" US /kɹɑpt/, UK /kɹɒpt/

## Adjective

1. Made short, or extremely short, by cutting.
   - Simple: Cut very short, the way hair or a hedge can be.
   - _He wore a neatly cropped beard that framed his face._
   - _Her cropped jacket ended well above the waist._
2. Trimmed at the edges so that the outer area is removed.
   - Simple: Cut around the edges so the outer part is removed.
   - _The designer used a tightly cropped portrait for the cover._
   - _A cropped satellite image highlighted just the river delta._
4. Planted with agricultural crops, as a field or stretch of farmland that has been used for growing them.
   - Simple: Planted with food crops, like a field used for wheat or corn.
   - _The cropped acreage produced a strong harvest this year._
   - _Surveyors mapped the cropped land separately from the woodland._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of crop. — simple past and past participle of crop
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of crop. Use it when the cutting or harvesting already happened.
   - _The editor cropped the image to fit the column._
   - _Sheep had cropped the grass right down to the soil._

## Origin

Formed from the word "crop".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cropped (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).