English Dictionary: cropped | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Intercrop \In"ter*crop`\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {-cropped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-cropping}.] (Agric.) To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cropped} (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cropping}.] 1. 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. --Ezek. xvii. 22. 2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest. Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech. 3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field. |