cropping

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

To mow, reap or gather.

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

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

To yield harvest.

To cause to bear a crop.

“to crop a field”

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.