sharecrops

verb

present tense third-person singular of sharecrop
as in farms

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  1. farms
  2. crops
  3. plants
  4. tills
Verb
  • Her family has run a livestock market since the 1930s and also farms almonds.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Today the winery farms more than 380 acres across Napa Valley, with vineyards in Rutherford, Carneros and Capell Valley, giving it access to dramatically different growing conditions depending on the variety.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of farms
Verb
  • Scrolling through Reddit and X feels claustrophobic because the screen aggressively crops out so much content.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026
  • When a user uploads a photo, the algorithm locates the bee, crops the image and compares it to our database.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of crops
Verb
  • Once Mooney plants the seed of his joke about how unhappy white Americans seemed after slavery the later images of Confederate memorial groups and white crowds at lynchings take on a surreal resonance.
    — Beandrea July, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Mungiu craftily plants the seed of this crisis in his opening shot, set in the aftermath of a stinging act of parental discipline.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of plants
Verb
  • But as a foundation, the first season tills fertile ground with rich initial results.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
  • How the search works The diamond search area at the park consists of plowed dirt that the park staff tills regularly to bring new material to the surface.
    — Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Definition of tills
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