Cropping

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is cut short or truncated.

    "The vet was regularly called upon to perform ear croppings."

  2. 2
    The growing of crops.
  3. 3
    An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.

    "Their croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of crop form-of, gerund, participle, present

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