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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.
cropped
adj 1: cut off as by clipping or biting off; "trees with cropped
tops"; "cropped hedges"; "her short cropped hair";
"the cropped grass where sheep had browsed" [ant: uncropped]
2: (of land or soil) used for growing crops; "cropped soil"
crop
n 1: the yield from plants in a single growing season [syn: harvest]
2: a collection of people or things appearing together; "the
annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
3: the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of
fashions is about to hit the stores"
4: the stock or handle of a whip
5: a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles
a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
[syn: craw]
v 1: cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"
2: prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
[syn: cultivate, work]
3: yield crops; "This land crops well"
4: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: graze, pasture]
5: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" [syn:
browse, graze, range, pasture]
6: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, trim, lop,
dress, prune, cut back]
[also: cropping, cropped]