单词 | uncropped |
释义 | uncroppedadj. 1. Of flowers, etc.: Not cut or plucked; not eaten by cattle. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > harvested > not unpluckedc1536 unled1569 ungathered1592 unpicked1600 uncropped?1610 ungarnered1850 unharvested1867 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > [adjective] > not eaten by cattle uncropped1825 ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse i. sig. B2v If I keepe My virgin flower vncropt, pure, chaste, & faire. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 328 If thou beest yet a fresh vncropped flower, Choose thou thy husband, and Ile pay thy dower. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 731 Where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. View more context for this quotation 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 396 A bright circle of uncropped herbage was about the root. 1835 E. Jesse Gleanings Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. 228 Nature has given them a distaste for several flowers which are..left uncropped. 2. Not cropped or cut; left uncut. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > having specific type parts sawinga1398 prick-eareda1425 well hanged1592 curtal1599 well-hung1611 unwormeda1625 uncropped1802 undocked1802 ring-tailed1821 apple-headed1854 gay1894 1802 G. Colman Knight & Friar in Broad Grins (1819) 101 Uncropp'd his ears, undock'd his flowing tail. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 7 June 3 Nineteen black-and-tans with uncropped ears. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 7 June 3 The first prize..was won by..an uncropped dog. 3. Of land: Not used for cropping. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [adjective] > sown or planted > not unplanteda1382 unsownc1400 unset1573 unseeded1634 unsowed1648 uncropped1857 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. xiii. §1. 733 Allowing the land to lie uncropped for a year. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1610 |
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