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cropping
裁剪
Crop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cropped 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.
3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
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]