crop out

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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.
  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.

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