Synonyms of cropping

cropping

verb

present participle of crop

1

as in growing

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 & Similar Words

• growing
• cultivating
• planting
• harvesting
• producing
• promoting
• tending
• raising
• rearing
• dressing
• breeding
• culturing
• propagating
• sowing
• ripening
• sprouting
• reaping
• gathering
• rooting
• gleaning
• germinating
• quickening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killing
• picking
• digging
• pulling (up)
• cutting
• plucking
• mowing
• uprooting
• extirpating
• haying

2

as in shaving

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 & Similar Words

• shaving
• cutting
• trimming
• clipping
• pruning
• mowing
• shearing
• snipping
• paring
• docking
• bobbing
• cutting back
• polling
• nipping
• lopping (off)
• whittling
• pinching
• shortening
• curtailing
• manicuring
• skiving
• stumping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• lengthening
• elongating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cropping

Optical zoom is almost always better than digital zoom (which is essentially just cropping a higher-resolution image), so the 3x lens is very welcome. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026

Meta released its Content Seal AI watermark recently, but Reuters found that simply cropping the images a bit would often eliminate the watermark. — ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026

Although some breeders recommend tail docking and ear cropping for medical reasons, these claims have not been substantiated; the procedures are purely aesthetic. — Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026

Another feature of the exhibit showcases photos with editorial marks on cropping and how the photographs were used to record major events and everyday life in Black communities. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026

The results indicate that techniques such as cropping images so models focus their attention on relevant regions and applying reinforcement learning for reasoning can minimize hallucinations in VLMs. — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2026

The last family photo features less of the family, with Kardashian cropping it so that most of her face and all of Barker’s is out of view. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025

This not only sets a new video specification benchmark for 360° cameras but also provides ample room for post-cropping and creative editing with its higher resolution. — New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025

As a corn plant grows, the leaves unroll to reveal the tassel, the part that sheds pollen, explained Mark Licht, an associate professor of agronomy and an extension cropping systems specialist at Iowa State University. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025