to crop

Definition of to crop in English English dictionary: The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants; A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw; To remove the outer parts of a photography or image in order to frame the subject better; A short haircut; A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time
a crop of ideas.; The foliate part of a finial; To remove the top end of something, especially a plant; To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short; The act of [[#Verb|cropping]]; A plant, especially a cereal, grown for food; {v} to lop, cut off, or short, reap, sow, yield; {n} a produce, thing cut off, bird's stomach; Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food. Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes. see also cash crop; the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"; To cut (especially hair or an animals tail or ears) short; Grain or other product of the field while standing; the stock or handle of a whip the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" the yield from plants in a single growing season cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" let feed in a field or pasture or meadow yield crops; "This land crops well; Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop; An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop; The action of trimming away the unwanted parts of an image; {i} harvest, produce (Agriculture); group; sac-like enlargement in the gullet of a bird which serves as a receptacle for partially digested food which is either digested or fed to nestlings; whip; short haircut; You can refer to a group of people or things that have appeared together as a crop of people or things. The present crop of books and documentaries about Marilyn Monroe exploit the thirtieth anniversary of her death = batch; The lashing end of a whip; The removal of certain portions of an illustration, a photograph, or other similar type of graphic element This may be done to better fit the image into the final design, or to remove any unwanted or unneeded graphic element; A crop is a short hairstyle. She had her long hair cut into a boyish crop; cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"; Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface; To trim the edges of a picture to make it fit or to remove unwanted portions; A projecting ornament in carved stone; To eliminate a portion of a picture, illustration or photograph that contains unnecessary material or to highlight a certain area of the image; The act of cropping; Fig; To cut the edges of an illustration to fit in a given space or to show a particular detail; The plants or fruits that are collected at harvest time are referred to as a crop. Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit The US government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year = harvest; To reduce the size of an image by eliminating all portions outside of a resizable box that is dragged over the image The FrontPage Editors image toolbar contains a Crop command; Tin ore prepared for smelting; A rocky outcrop; Cropping is a technique used to cut out a smaller portion of an original image to eliminate a portion of a photograph that you did not originaly intend to capture; To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field; the stock or handle of a whip; A tool used to trim away part of an image; feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"; {f} harvest; cut short, clip; cause to yield produce; Crop describes the editing of a graphic by trimming off unwanted portions of the image; yield crops; "This land crops well"; The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw; To cut off parts of a picture or image, or trim a document to final size; a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food; let feed in a field or pasture or meadow yield crops; "This land crops well; To trim the edges of a picture or page to make it fit or remove unwanted portions; To crop someone's hair means to cut it short. She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde. + cropped cropped She had cropped grey hair; A text formatting term: To trim the edges of a graphic image, removing part of the image; to reduce an illustration for reproduction by cutting out extraneous parts of the image; To trim the edges of an image, often to improve the composition Cropping can be done by moving the camera position while viewing a scene, or by trimming the finished print; To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap; prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"; That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest; The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree; To eliminate outer portions of a photograph, illustration, or plate Cropping is indicated on the original with crop marks; To yield harvest; (v ) In computer graphics, to cut off unnecessary or undesired parts of an image; To trim the edges of an image, often to improve the composition Cropping can be done by moving the camera position while viewing a scene, by adjusting the enlarger or easel during printing, or by trimming the finished print; the yield from plants in a single growing season cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"; To eliminate portions of copy or a photograph On a keyline "cropmarks" indicate the amount of trimming needed; Specifically, a finial; To eliminate the outer portions of a photograph, illustration, or plate, indicated on the original with "crop marks"; The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree; To cut off, as if in harvest; If you crop a photograph, you cut part of it off, in order to get rid of part of the picture or to be able to frame it. I decided to crop the picture just above the water line Her husband was cropped from the photograph; A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash