cropping
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5ADJ.
multiple
VERB + CROPPING
continued, exercise, impoverished, reestablish
CROPPING + NOUN
quincy
PREP.
across, in, up
ADV.
everywhere
Definitions
noun
The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
The vet was regularly called upon to perform ear croppings.
The growing of crops.
An outcrop that is mined for the ore it contains.
Their croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone.
The cropping of the Quincy ore-bearing bed, the equivalent of the Daly West bed, is stated to have been found at the east end of the present mine and just below the present wagon road.
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6The vet was regularly called upon to perform ear croppings.
WiktionaryTheir croppings are either entirely barren or contain only a moderate amount of copper, but much richer ore is ordinarily found just above the chalcocite zone.
WiktionaryThe cropping of the Quincy ore-bearing bed, the equivalent of the Daly West bed, is stated to have been found at the east end of the present mine and just below the present wagon road.
WiktionaryStop maize monoculture, and reestablish multiple cropping, to combat the loss of landscape and soil diversity.
Tatoeba · #430068Fast-food restaurant are cropping up everywhere in Algeria.
Tatoeba · #8589059Everybody understands that the soil becomes impoverished by continued cropping, if no return be made in the form of manure or fertilizer.
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