Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cropped
IPA transcription: [kɹ'ɑpt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cropped
    Meaning: (of land or soil) used for growing crops; "cropped soil"
Usage examples
  • "With a short coat and his hair cropped; just as if, well, just as if he had come straight from the bath... Papa used to..."
  • A full beard, closely cropped, hid the weakness of his chin, but did not entirely conceal those fine lines about the mouth which mean cruelty.
  • Among the husbands was Shalikov, the tax-collector--a narrow, spiteful soul, given to drink, with a big, closely cropped head, and thick, protruding lips.
  • In the open country and especially in hilly places laid bare by the wood-man's axe, the favourite sites are tufts of bracken, rock-rose, lavender, everlasting and rosemary cropped close by the teeth of the flocks.