cropped
/krɒpt/adjective
उच्चारण क्रॉप्ट
(बाल) बहुत छोटे कटे हुए
Core word
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[usually before noun]
(of hair) cut very short
(बाल) बहुत छोटे कटे हुए
- Radhika came back from the salon with neatly cropped hair.
- a man with closely cropped grey hair
- The footballer arrived with a freshly cropped haircut before the final.
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- His cropped hair made him look much younger.
- Girls in the hostel often prefer cropped styles in the summer heat.
Synonyms short clipped
Opposite long
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[usually before noun]
(of clothes) cut short so that they end above the usual point
(कपड़े) सामान्य से छोटे, कटे हुए
- cropped trousers
- She wore a cropped jacket over a long dress.
- He bought cropped cotton pants for the hot monsoon months.
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- A cropped top is not allowed in our school uniform.
- Meena paired her cropped kurti with wide trousers.
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[usually before noun]
(of a photograph or picture) with the outer edges cut off
(फ़ोटो) किनारे काटा हुआ, क्रॉप किया हुआ
- The newspaper printed a cropped version of the photo.
- The cropped image left out the building on the left.
- The cropped picture showed only the bride's face.
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- Please send a cropped version of your photo for the application form.
- The editor used a cropped image to fit the narrow column.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
cropped + noun (adjective)
Before a noun it describes hair, clothes or a picture that has been cut short.
Noun से पहले आकर यह छोटे कटे बाल, कपड़े या तस्वीर का वर्णन करता है।
- She wore a cropped jacket over her kurta.
- The soldier had cropped hair.
close-cropped / short-cropped
Add an adverb or adjective to show how short the cut is. Hyphenate before a noun.
कटाई कितनी छोटी है यह बताने के लिए adverb या adjective जोड़ा जाता है; noun से पहले hyphen लगता है।
- He has close-cropped grey hair.
- The lawn was neatly cropped.
be cropped (passive of crop)
The participle also forms the passive when someone cuts a picture or text.
यही participle तब passive बनाता है जब कोई तस्वीर या पाठ काटा जाता है।
- The photo was cropped to remove the stranger at the edge.
get cropped / have something cropped
Use have + object + participle when another person does the cutting for you.
जब कटाई कोई और करता है, तब 'have + object + participle' का प्रयोग होता है।
- He had his hair cropped before joining the army.
cropped (past tense of crop)
Cropped is also the past tense and past participle of the verb crop.
'Cropped' क्रिया crop का past tense और past participle भी है।
- Radhika cropped the image yesterday.
- The photo has been cropped twice.
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cropped + noun
hairtopjacketphotoimagetrousers
- She posted a cropped image of the stage on her page.
adverb + cropped
closelyneatlytightlybadlyroughly
- The boys all had closely cropped heads.
verb + cropped
lookbegethave itkeep it
- I got my hair cropped for the summer.
cropped + preposition
at the sidesto sizefrom the topby the editor
- The picture was cropped at the sides to fit the frame.
cropped + garment
shirtsweaterblousekurti
- She stitched a cropped kurti for the festival.
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- The cropped photograph still showed the whole team.
कटी हुई तस्वीर में भी पूरी टीम दिख रही थी।
- Radhika wore a cropped sweater on the cold morning.
राधिका ने ठंडी सुबह एक छोटा स्वेटर पहना।
- The goat had left the grass neatly cropped.
बकरी ने घास को साफ़-सुथरा छोटा कतर दिया था।
- His closely cropped beard made him look younger.
उसकी छोटी कतरी हुई दाढ़ी से वह अधिक युवा दिखता था।
- The poster was badly cropped, and the title was cut off.
पोस्टर बुरी तरह कटा था और शीर्षक कट गया था।
- The cropped version of the map shows only the northern states.
नक्शे के कटे हुए संस्करण में केवल उत्तरी राज्य दिखते हैं।
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✗ He cut his hair cropped yesterday.
✓ He had his hair cropped yesterday.
When a barber does the cutting, use have + object + past participle.
जब कटाई नाई करता है, तब 'have + object + past participle' का प्रयोग होता है।
✗ She wore a cropping top.
✓ She wore a cropped top.
A top that has been cut short takes the past participle cropped, not cropping.
छोटा काटे गए top के लिए past participle 'cropped' आता है, 'cropping' नहीं।