cropped

[US]/krɔpt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. improperly trimmed

Phrases & Collocations

crop an image

crop a photo

Example Sentences

The gardener cropped the hedge.

the southern areas are cropped in cotton.

some urgent business had cropped up.

The subject cropped up in the course of conversation.

The sheep had cropped the grass short.

The beans have cropped well this year.

A difficulty has cropped up at work.

Social problems cropped up in the wake of natural disasters.

hay would have been cropped several times through the summer.

the police said the man was described as white, 6 ft tall, with mousy, cropped hair.

The potatoes and beans have cropped well this year, but the wheat badly.

You seem to have cropped up badly on page 11, your acts are wrong.

His tail was ticking back and forth.It is cropped so that it is about the size and shape of a half-smoked stogie.

A man has cropped up when the book opened.It's him whom I have glanced at Sword Signory(a place name).

At others I would find him on the campstool, sitting in his gray sleeping suit and with his cropped dark hair like a patient, unmoved convict.

Real-world Examples

Hope you're all doing well as the year winds down and exam crop up.

Source: CNN Listening December 2013 Collection

The government also bought up excess crops.

Source: Economic Crash Course

Rain or shine, there's always a bumper crop of stories.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

Hey the Yellow River flooded again and destroyed all your crops.

Source: Interesting History

This is buckwheat, which is a quick growing cover crop.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

The herd of wild cattle trampled the farmer's crops.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

There is the harvest when they collect the season's crops.

Source: VOA Slow English - Entertainment

Farmers were allowed to sell their surplus crops on the open market.

Source: Popular Science Essays

He puts down his bumper crop of possible agents to several things.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

" They're effective. They help us produce a better quality crop." said Schauman.

Source: VOA Special May 2014 Collection

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