"cropping" in the verb sense
1. crop
cut short
"She wanted her hair cropped short"
2. cultivate, crop, work
prepare for crops
"Work the soil"
"cultivate the land"
3. crop
yield crops
"This land crops well"
4. crop, graze, pasture
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
5. crop, browse, graze, range, pasture
feed as in a meadow or pasture
"the herd was grazing"
6. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"
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