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cropping

crop
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [krop]
    • /krɒp/
    • /ˈkrɒp.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [krop]
    • /krɒp/

Definitions of cropping word

  • noun cropping the trimming or masking of unwanted edges or areas of a negative or print 3
  • noun cropping the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop. 1
  • noun cropping the yield of such produce for a particular season. 1
  • noun cropping the yield of some other product in a season: the crop of diamonds. 1
  • noun cropping a supply produced. 1
  • noun cropping a collection or group of persons or things appearing or occurring together: this year's crop of students. 1
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Origin of cropping

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English: “sprout, ear of wheat (or other grain), paunch, crown of a tree”; cognate with German Kropf; see croup2

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Parts of speech for Cropping

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Cropping

cropping popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for cropping

noun cropping

  • ingathering — a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest.
  • fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
  • byproduct — A byproduct is something that is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
  • harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • trimming — the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.

adjective cropping

  • grazing — a touching or rubbing lightly in passing.
  • pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
All 7 Synonyms of cropping

Top questions with cropping

  • what is the purpose of strip cropping?
  • what does cropping mean?

Related words

  • crop

    Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.

  • alley cropping

    a method of planting in which rows of trees are interspersed with rows of crops, improving the soil and providing nutrients, particularly nitrogen, to the crops.

  • catch crop

    a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season

  • multiple cropping

    the use of the same field for two or more crops, whether of the same or of different kinds, successively during a single year.

  • outcrop

    Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
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