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to croft

to croft

9.5
To farm a small rented piece of land in Scotland, usually to grow food
  • verb
  • /krɒft/
  • UK
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  • They croft every summer in the Scottish Highlands.

Examples

  • After moving to the countryside, they started crofting to live a more self-sufficient life.

  • She learned the skills of crofting from her grandparents, tending to the land and animals every day.

  • Many families in the Highlands have been crofting for generations, growing their own food and raising livestock.

  • I love to croft with my family on weekends.

  • Many families in the Highlands have been crofting for generations, growing their own food and raising livestock.

  • After moving to the countryside, they started crofting to live a more self-sufficient life.

  • She learned the skills of crofting from her grandparents, tending to the land and animals every day.

How Large

to farm
42 1.0
to croft
  • UK
9.5

Surface Forms

croft infinitive
crofter past
crofter past participle
crofting present participle
crofts third person singular

Etymology

Croft used as a verb comes from the same idea of a 'small enclosed field', and you can see it in crofter, a person who works a croft; to croft means to farm or care for that small piece of land, often to grow your own food.