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Intercrop \In"ter*crop`\, 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.
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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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