crop out

crop out (third-person singular simple present crops out, present participle cropping out, simple past and past participle cropped out)

1. (intransitive, geology, of a seam or vein) To appear at the surface of the ground; to outcrop.
   • 1972, Richard D. Krushensky, Geology of the Istarú Quadrangle, Costa Rica (Geological Survey Bulletin 1358), Washington: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 6:

     Approximately 90 percent of the mapped area is covered by volcanic rocks of Quaternary age; rocks of Tertiary age crop out chiefly in the southeastern and southwestern parts of the area.

2. (intransitive, by extension) To become noticeable or manifest; to come to light.

   Synonym: out

   Coordinate term: crop up

   The peculiarities of the author are beginning to crop out.

   • 1873, Edward H[ammond] Clarke, M.D., Sex in Education; or, A Fair Chance for the Girls, Boston: James R Osgood and Company, , →OCLC, pages 86–87:

     First there was headache, then a frequent congested condition, which she described as a "rush of blood" to her head; and, by and by, vagaries and forebodings and despondent feelings began to crop out.

3. (transitive, photography) To adjust the borders of an image in a way that would remove someone or something from it or make it fit a certain space.
   • 2009 September 17, David Hume Kennerly, “Essay: Chop and Crop”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-09:

     In fact, Newsweek chose to crop out two-thirds of the original photograph, which showed Mrs. Cheney, both of their daughters, and one of their grandchildren, who were also in the kitchen, getting ready for a simple family dinner.

• cropout (noun)

• “To crop out” under “crop, v.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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