-cropping

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-cropping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cropped (kr[o^]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.
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              I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a
              tender one.                           --Ezek. xvii.
                                                    22.
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     2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
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              Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech.
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     3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
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     4. 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.
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