cropping

Pluralcroppings (some meanings)

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of crop. Use this -ing form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.

   She is cropping the photo to fit the frame.

   The sheep are cropping the grass down to the roots.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The act of cutting part of something off to make it shorter or smaller.

   Like trimming the edges off a piece of paper to make it smaller.

   The cropping of the image removed the messy background.

   A quick cropping made the picture fit the frame.

   Similartrimming, cutting, clipping

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The work of growing plants for food or other use on a farm.

   Like keeping a vegetable garden, but on a much bigger scale.

   Cropping in this dry region depends heavily on irrigation.

   The farmers planned their cropping around the rainy season.

   Similarcultivation, farming, tillage, planting

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A piece of rock that sticks out of the ground and is dug into for the metal inside it.

   Like the visible tip of something much bigger that is hidden below.

   Miners worked the cropping until the easy ore ran out.

   The old cropping near the river still held some copper.

   Similaroutcrop, outcropping

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