crop

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CROP

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 crop, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tend

Related Words breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout

Near Antonyms kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow

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, crop, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trim

Related Words skive, whittle; manicure, mow; pinch, stump; curtail, shorten

Near Antonyms elongate, extend, lengthen

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