[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intercrop \in"tercrop`\, 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.
see also:
-cropped -cropping 

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

crop \crop\, v. t. imp.  p. p. cropped kro^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
see also:
cropped cropping 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cropping
     see crop
see also:
crop 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
harvest craw cultivate work graze pasture 
browse range snip clip trim 
lop dress prune cut back cropping 
cropped 

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