Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cropped} (kr?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.

            I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a
            tender one.                           --Ezek. xvii.
                                                  22.

   2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.

            Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech.

   3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.

Source : WordNet®

cropping
     See {crop}

crop
     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}]

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}]
     [also: {cropping}, {cropped}]