crop

coltura

Pianta coltivata in grandi quantità per ottenere alimenti o altri prodotti utili.

In inglese semplice: A plant grown in large amounts for food or other useful products.

• Rice is an important crop here.
• The farmers grow several crops on their land.
• Dry weather has damaged the wheat crop.

Espressioni comuni: grow a crop, food crop, cash crop

raccolto

Quantità di piante o prodotti vegetali raccolti in un’azienda agricola durante una stagione.

In inglese semplice: The amount of plants or their products collected from a farm in one season.

• We had a good crop this year.
• The apple crop was smaller than expected.
• Heavy rain ruined last summer’s crop.

Come si usa: crop of something (The trees produced a large crop of pears.)

Sinonimi: harvest, yield

Espressioni comuni: bumper crop, poor crop, crop of something

ingluvie, gozzo

Sacca interna di alcuni uccelli e altri animali che trattiene il cibo prima che raggiunga lo stomaco.

In inglese semplice: A bag inside some birds and other animals that holds food before it reaches the stomach.

• The bird’s crop was full.
• Seeds collect in the crop before reaching the stomach.
• The vet gently examined the pigeon’s crop.

Sinonimi: craw

Espressioni comuni: bird’s crop, full crop

ritagliare

Eliminare i bordi di un’immagine per lasciare solo la parte desiderata.

In inglese semplice: To remove the outer parts of a picture so only the part you want remains.

• Please crop this photo.
• She cropped the image to remove the empty space.
• Can you crop the picture into a square?

Come si usa: crop something to something (I cropped the photo to the required size.)

Sinonimi: trim

Espressioni comuni: crop a photo, crop an image, crop something tightly

tagliare corto, mozzare

Tagliare molto corti i capelli, oppure le orecchie o la coda di un animale.

In inglese semplice: To cut hair or an animal’s ears or tail very short.

• She decided to crop her hair.
• The barber cropped his hair very short.
• Some owners crop their dogs’ ears.

Come si usa: crop something short (He cropped his hair short for the summer.)

Sinonimi: clip, cut short

Espressioni comuni: crop someone’s hair, crop something short, crop a tail

cimare, brucare

Tagliare o brucare la parte superiore di qualcosa, soprattutto di una pianta.

In inglese semplice: To cut off the top part of something, especially a plant.

• The sheep crop the grass.
• He cropped the tops of the young plants.
• Horses had cropped the shoots close to the ground.

Sinonimi: trim, clip

Espressioni comuni: crop the grass, crop a plant

coltivare

Usare un terreno per far crescere piante da raccogliere e utilizzare o vendere.

In inglese semplice: To use land to grow plants that will be collected and used or sold.

• They crop this field every year.
• The land was cropped with wheat last season.
• Farmers crop the lower fields more often.

Come si usa: crop something with something (They crop the fields with barley.)

Sinonimi: cultivate

Espressioni comuni: crop a field, crop the land