crop (kr p)n. 1. a. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group: Wheat is a common crop. b. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place: an orchard that produced a huge crop of apples last year. 2. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time: a crop of new ideas. 3. A short haircut. 4. An earmark on an animal. 5. a. A short whip used in horseback riding, with a loop serving as a lash. b. The stock of a whip. 6. Zoology a. A pouchlike enlargement of a bird's gullet in which food is partially digested or stored for regurgitation to nestlings. b. A similar enlargement in the digestive tract of annelids and insects. v. cropped, crop·ping, crops v.tr. 1. a. To cut or bite off the tops or ends of: crop a hedge; sheep cropping grass. b. To cut (hair, for example) very short. c. To clip (an animal's ears, for example). d. To trim (a photograph or picture, for example). 2. a. To harvest: crop salmon. b. To cause to grow or yield a crop. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: 1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage. 2. To plant, grow, or yield a crop. crop up To appear unexpectedly or occasionally: "one of the many theories that keep cropping up in his story" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt). [Middle English, from Old English cropp, ear of grain.] |
crop
Noun
1. a cultivated plant, such as a cereal, vegetable, or fruit plant
2. the season's total yield of farm produce
3. any group of things appearing at one time: a remarkable crop of new Scottish plays
4. the handle of a whip
5. short for riding crop
6. a pouchlike part of the gullet of a bird, in which food is stored or prepared for digestion
7. a short cropped hairstyle
Verb
[cropping, cropped]
1. to cut (something) very short
2. to produce or harvest as a crop
3. (of animals) to feed on (grass)
4. to clip part of (the ear or ears) of (an animal), esp. for identification
See also crop up [Old English cropp]
Crop the product or yield of anything growing; something resembling a crop; the offspring of animals and birds.
Examples: crop of beardless youths, 1830; of corn, 1440; of crystals; of petty discussions, 1862; of geese, 1825; of goose pimples; of lambs, 1825; of lies; of logs, 1879; of turkeys, 1825; of ulcers; of wheat, 1530.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  crop - the yield from plants in a single growing seasonfruitage - the yield of fruit; "a tree highly recommended for its fruitage" |
| 2. | crop - a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale cash crop - a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) catch crop - a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season cover crop - crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure field crop - a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes; "cotton, hay, and grain are field crops" root crop - crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips | |
| 3. | crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole | |
| 4. | crop - the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" end product, output - final product; the things produced | |
| 5. | crop - the stock or handle of a whip handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" whip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping | |
| 6. | crop - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food stomach, tum, tummy, breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion | |
| Verb | 1. | crop - cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" cut - shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" |
| 2. | crop - prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land" | |
| 3. | crop - yield crops; "This land crops well" | |
| 4. | crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" grass - feed with grass drift - drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards" | |
| 5. | crop - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" | |
| 6. |  crop - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers |
crop
Translations
crop [krɔp] n (= produce) → cultivo (= amount produced); cosecha (= riding crop); látigo de montar; [of bird] → buche m
crop up vi → surgir, presentarse
crop [krɔp] n (= produce) → culture f (= amount produced); récolte f (= riding crop); cravache f [of bird]; jabot m
crop [krɔp] n → (Feld)frucht f;
(amount produced) → Ernte f;
(riding crop) → Reitpeitsche f;
(of bird) → Kropf m
vt (hair) → stutzen;
(subj) (animal) (grass) → abfressen
crop up crop vi → aufkommen
crop [krɔp] n → raccolto (= produce); coltivazione f [of bird] → gozzo, ingluvie f
crop up vi → presentarsi
n crop [krop]
1 a plant which is farmed and harvested a fine crop of rice; We grow a variety of crops, including cabbages, wheat and barley. oes غَلَّـه، مَحْصـول посев úroda; plodina afgrøde; høst die Ernte, die Feldfrucht σοδειά cultivo; cosecha saak, põllukultuur محصول sato, viljelyskasvi récolte; produits agricoles יְבוּל पैदावार usjev termés hasil panen afurð; uppskera raccolto; pianta coltivata 作物 농작물 derlius, kultūra, pasėlis raža; (lauks.) kultūra tanaman gewas avling uprawa, plon planta comestível recoltă; produse agricole урожай; сельхозкультура úroda; plodina poljščina usev skörd, gröda ผลผลิตที่เก็บเกี่ยว ürün, hasat 農作物 урожай فصل vụ mùa 农作物
2 a short whip used when horse-riding. rysweep سَوْط قَصـيـر камшик bičík kort ridepisk die Reitpeitsche μαστίγιο fusta, látigo ratsapiits شلاق سوارکاری ratsupiiska cravache שוֹט घुड़सवारी में इस्तेमाल किया जाने वाला छोटा कोड़ा jahački bič ostor cambuk hestasvipa frustino むち 승마용 짧은 채찍 rimbas pātaga cemeti pendek rijzweep kort ridepisk palcat chicote cravaşă кнут bič bič korbač ridspö, ridpiska แส้ kırbaç 趕馬用的短鞭 пужално چابک کا ڈنڈا tay cầm của roi da 赶马用的短鞭
3 a (short) haircut a crop of red hair. stompkop, kort geknipte hare قَصَّـة شَعـر قَصـيـره къса подстрижка účes nakrátko kortklippet hår kurzer Haarschnitt κοντό κούρεμα corte a lo garçon pöetud pea موی کوتاه lyhyeksi leikattu tukka courte chevelure תִספוֹרֶת קְצָרָה छोटे बाल kratko ošišana kosa hajvágás potongan rambut stuttklipping rapata 刈り込み (머리 등을) 짧게 깎기［깎은 머리］ trumpai pakirpti plaukai, ežiukas īsi apcirpti mati rambut pendek kortgeknipt haar kortklipt hår fryzura tufo păr scurt (короткая) стрижка účes nakrátko kratki lasje tifus frizura stubbning, snagg ทรงผมแบบสั้น kırpık/kısa kesilmiş saç 平頭發式 коротко пострижене волосся خسخسى بال، چھوٹے بالوں کا فيشن kiểu cắt tóc ngắn 平头发式
4 (of certain birds) the first stomach, which hangs like a bag from the neck. krop, keel, koumaag, pens حَوْصَلـة الطيـور гуша vole kro der Kropf πρόλοβος (για πουλί) buche pugu کیسه ای که از گردن برخی پرندگان آویزان است kupu jabot זֶפֶק गलथैली guša, volja begy tembolok sarpur gozzo えぶくろ (새의) 모이 주머니 gurklys guza tembolok krop kro wole papo guşă зоб hrvoľ golša guša kräva กระเพาะย่อยอาหารของสัตว์บางชนิด kursak, sindirim kesesi 膆囊 воло گهيگها، پرندوں کی گردن کے پاس جہاں خوراک جمع هوتى رهتى هے cái diều ở cổ gia cầm 嗉囊
v – past tense, past participle cropped –
to cut or nibble short The sheep crop the grass. afgesny, kort geknip, afgeëet, afgevreet يَقْطَع، يَقُص الشَّعـر кастря spást græsse; afgnave abfressen κουρεύω pacer (hierba); cortar pügama چریدن؛ کوتاه کردن nyhtää brouter לְקָצֵץ कतरना potkresati, skratiti rövidre vág; legel memotong pendek kroppa brucare 食い切る 짧게 깎다, (풀 등을) 뜯어 먹다 trumpai nukirpti, skabyti novākt ražu; apcirpt; nograuzt (zāli) memotong afmaaien, afgrazen klippe kort, snaue przycinać, skubać tosar a paşte щипать spásť muliti podšišati beta av, snagga, stubba, klippa kort ตัดให้สั้น kırpmak, kırkmak 剪短﹐啃去 скубти خسخسى كرنا، اوپر اوپر سے چهانٹنا gặm 啮草
crop up
to happen unexpectedly I'm sorry I'm late, but something important cropped up. opduik, vorendag يَبْرُز فجأة изниквам objevit se, vynořit se dukke op auftauchen ανακύπτω, προκύπτω ξαφνικά acontecer, producirse inesperadamente, surgir ette tulema ناگهان رخ دادن ilmaantua survenir לָצוּץ अनायास होना nastati, pojaviti se felbukkan muncul tiba-tiba skjóta óvænt upp kollinum saltare fuori, capitare improvvisamente 突然生じる 돌발하다 atsitikti, iškilti, pasitaikyti negaidīti rasties muncul zich voordoen dukke opp, melde seg (uventet) wyskakiwać surgir a apărea/a interveni (pe neaşteptate) неожиданно возникать vynoriť sa pripetiti se iskrsnuti dyka upp, yppa sig เกิดขึ้นอย่างไม่คาดหมายไว้ baş göstermek, birden ortaya çıkmak (問題等)突然發生 несподівано виявлятися; виникати اچانک واقع هونا nảy ra （问题等）突然发生
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