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cropped

cropped

4 3.4
Land where farmers grow crops
  • adjective
  • /krɒpt/
: cultivado
  • Farmers rotated their cropped fields to restore soil fertility.

Examples

  • The cropped fields looked beautiful in the summer sun.

  • This report analyzes the impact of irrigation on cropped soils in the region.

  • After several years as cropped land, the soil needed nutrients replenished.

  • Farmers prefer cropped land for planting.

  • The cropped fields were ready for harvesting after all the hard work they put in.

  • Farmers often plant cropped land with various vegetables each season.

  • After the winter thaw, the cropped soil revealed signs of new growth.

Synonyms

cultivated
vscropped
6 3.5

Land prepared by people for growing crops

is land used to grow crops but not necessarily prepared or improved

Antonyms

unplanted
1 3.3

Land with no seeds or plants growing on it

How Cultivated

cropped
4 3.4
to fallow
1 5.1
uncultivated
1 5.1

Surface Forms

cropped positive

Morphology

cropped = crop (transparent) = crop + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'crop' + '-ed', meaning 'having been used to grow or harvested for crops'.

Etymology

Cropped is built from the common word crop plus the ending -ed, and crop means the plants you grow or the 'harvest'. So, cropped land is land that has been used to grow crops or has just produced a harvest.