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cropping

verb

Meaning

  1. To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
  2. To mow, reap or gather.
  3. To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
  4. To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
  5. To yield harvest.
  6. To cause to bear a crop.
  7. The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
  8. The growing of crops.
  9. An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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