Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cropped (kr[o^]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.
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            I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a
            tender one.                           --Ezek. xvii.
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   2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
     
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            Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech.
     
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   3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop
         a field.
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   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.
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