cropping

/K R AA1 P IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.

  2. 2

    To mow, reap or gather.

  3. 3

    To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.

  4. 4

    To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.

  5. 5

    To yield harvest.

  6. 6

    To cause to bear a crop.

    โ€œto crop a fieldโ€

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is cut short or truncated.

    โ€œThe vet was regularly called upon to perform ear croppings.โ€

  2. 2

    The growing of crops.

  3. 3

    An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crop, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cropping