crop

1 to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations Synonyms grow, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tendRelated Words breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sproutNear Antonyms kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow

2 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument grass cropped short by repeated grazing cropped the painting to fit the frame Synonyms bob, clip, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trimRelated Words skive, whittle; manicure, mow; pinch, stump; curtail, shortenNear Antonyms elongate, extend, lengthen