crop
noun
the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered.
cropped
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past participleof crop.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof crop.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cropnounthe cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered.
Example Sentences
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That still leaves a problem that cropped up time and again over the regular season and again in the NLDS: inconsistency atop the lineup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The trouble that has cropped up is a dispute between the managers of Parton’s ongoing business ventures, She’s Alive, and Parton’s nephew, Bryan Seaver.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
A union boss for factory workers, he was stocky and well-built with closely cropped brown hair and the hands of someone who had spent the bulk of his 40-plus years in manual labor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Wildlife traders often describe animals as needing to be "rehomed", rather than explicitly offering them for sale, and post tightly cropped images of their wares to avoid revealing their locations.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
He had his hair cut short, cropped above his ears, and the drawing was in pencil so you couldn’t tell what color his eyes were, but they were dark, and wide, and sad.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
