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1. The 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.]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

            I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a
            tender one.                           --Ezek. xvii.
                                                  22.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
      [1913 Webster]

            Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cropped \cropped\ adj.
   1. cut very short; as, her cropped hair.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. having an unnecessary portion at the edges cut off; -- of
      photographs and other two-dimensional images.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for -cropped:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, bobbed, capsule, capsulized, clipped, compressed, condensed, curtailed, cut short, digested, docked, elided, elliptic, mowed, mown, nipped, pollard, polled, pruned, reaped, shaved, sheared, short-cut, shortened, snub, snubbed, trimmed
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