crop

crop  (krp)

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.

1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.

2. To plant, grow, or yield a crop.

Phrasal Verb:

crop up

To appear unexpectedly or occasionally: "one of the many theories that keep cropping up in his story" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt).

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[Middle English, from Old English cropp, ear of grain.]

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crop [krɒp]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals, vegetables, and fruit

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)

a.  the amount of such produce in any particular season

b.  the yield of some other farm produce the lamb crop

3. a group of products, thoughts, people, etc., appearing at one time or in one season a crop of new publications

4. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) the stock of a thonged whip

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) short for riding crop

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology)

a.  a pouchlike expanded part of the oesophagus of birds, in which food is stored or partially digested before passing on to the gizzard

b.  a similar structure in insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates

7. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) the entire tanned hide of an animal

8. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a short cropped hairstyle See also Eton crop

9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a notch in or a piece cut out of the ear of an animal

10. the act of cropping

vb crops, cropping, cropped (mainly tr)

1. to cut (hair, grass, etc.) very short

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to cut and collect (mature produce) from the land or plant on which it has been grown

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to clip part of (the ear or ears) of (an animal), esp as a means of identification

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (also intr) to cause (land) to bear or (of land) to bear or yield a crop the land cropped well

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (of herbivorous animals) to graze on (grass or similar vegetation)

6. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog to cut off or mask unwanted edges or areas of (a negative or print) See also crop out, crop up

[Old English cropp; related to Old Norse kroppr rump, body, Old High German kropf goitre, Norwegian kröypa to bend]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crop - the yield from plants in a single growing season harvest yield, output - production of a certain amount fruitage - the yield of fruit; "a tree highly recommended for its fruitage"
	2.	crop - a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion 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 craw 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" cultivate, work farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock 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" knead, work - make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land"
	3.	crop - yield crops; "This land crops well" bear, turn out - bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
	4.	crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow pasture, graze 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 graze, pasture, browse, crop, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" 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" graze, pasture, browse, range 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" pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
	6.	crop - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" prune, snip, lop, cut back, clip, trim, dress thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" pollard, poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" pinch, top - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

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crop

noun

1. yield, produce, gathering, fruits, harvest, vintage, reaping, season's growth a fine crop of apples

2. batch, set, lot, pack, collection, bunch, group the present crop of books and documentaries on Marilyn Monroe

3. whip, stick, switch, cane She grabbed her riding hat and crop and led the way out.

verb

1. harvest, pick, collect, gather, bring in, reap, bring home, garner, mow I started cropping my beans in July.

2. graze, eat, browse, feed on, nibble I let the horse drop his head to crop the grass.

3. cut, reduce, trim, clip, dock, prune, shorten, shear, snip, pare, lop She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde.

crop up (Informal) happen, appear, emerge, occur, arise, turn up, spring up As we get older health problems often crop up.

Translations

crop [krɒp]

A. N

1. (= species grown) → cultivo m; (= produce) [of fruit, vegetables] → cosecha f; [of cereals] → cereal m (fig) → montón m

2. (Orn) → buche m

3. [of whip] → mango m; (= riding crop) → fusta f, látigo m de montar

B. VT (= cut) [+ hair] → cortar al rape; [animal] [+ grass] → pacer

C. CPD crop circle N círculo misterioso en los sembrados
crop dusting N = crop spraying crop rotation N → rotación f de cultivos
crop sprayer N (= device) → fumigadora f (de cultivos), sulfatadora f; (= plane) → avión m fumigador
crop spraying N → fumigación f aérea, aerofumigación f (de cultivos)

crop out VI + ADV (Geol) → aflorar

crop up VI + ADV

1. (Geol) → aflorar

2. (fig) (= arise) → surgir, presentarse
something must have cropped up → habrán tenido algún problema, habrá pasado or surgido algo
the subject cropped up during the conversation → el tema surgió durante la conversación

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crop [ˈkrɒp]

n

(type of produce) → culture f
cereal crop → culture céréalière
rice crop → culture de riz

(amount produced) → récolte f
a good crop of apples → une bonne récolte de pommes

(= group) [students, young players] → génération f
the cream of the crop (= pick of the bunch) → le dessus du panier

(also riding crop) → cravache f

[bird] → jabot m

vt

[+ hair] → tondre
see also cropped

[animal] [+ grass] → brouter

crop up

vi [problem, question, issue] → se présenter; [subject] → survenir; [word, name] → être mentionné(e)
something has cropped up → il y a eu un imprévu
crop circle n → cercle que certains attribuent à des interventions extra-terrestres)m dans les blés >

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crop

n

(= produce) → Ernte f; (= species grown) → (Feld)frucht f, → Nutzpflanze; (fig: = large number) → Schwung m; the cereal crops were destroyed → die Getreideernte wurde zerstört; the barley crop is looking good → die Gerste steht gut; a good crop of fruit/potatoes → eine gute Obst-/Kartoffelernte; the beef crop → die Rindfleischproduktion; to be in or under/out of crop → bebaut/nicht bebaut sein; he grows a different crop every year → er baut jedes Jahr etwas anderes an; to bring the crops in → die Ernte einbringen; a crop of students/problems (inf) → eine Reihe von Studenten/Problemen

(of bird) → Kropf m

(of whip) → Stock m; (= hunting crop) → Reitpeitsche f

(= hairstyle) → Kurzhaarschnitt m; to give somebody a close crop → jdm die Haare gehörig stutzen

vt hair → stutzen; horse’s or dog’s tail also → kupieren; her husband was cropped from the photograph → ihr Mann war auf dem Foto weggeschnitten; it’s best to keep the grass cropped short → man sollte das Gras kurz halten; the goat cropped the grass → die Ziege fraß das Gras ab; cropped hair, hair cropped short → kurz geschnittenes Haar

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crop:

crop circle

n → Kornkreis m

crop-dusting

n → Schädlingsbekämpfung f (aus dem Flugzeug)

crop failure

n → Missernte f

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crop:

crop rotation

n → Fruchtwechsel m

crop-sprayer

n (= person) → Schädlingsbekämpfer(in) m(f); (= plane) → Schädlingsbekämpfungsflugzeug nt; (= tractor) → Schädlingsbekämpfungsfahrzeug nt, → Besprühungsfahrzeug nt

crop-spraying

n → Schädlingsbekämpfung f (durch Besprühen)

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crop [krɒp]

1. n

a. (produce) → coltivazione f; (amount produced, of fruit, vegetables) → raccolto; (of cereals) → raccolto, messe f (fig) (of problems, applicants) → serie f inv
the crops → il raccolto

b. (of bird) → gozzo, ingluvie f

c. (of whip) → manico; (riding crop) → frustino

2. vt (cut, hair) → tagliare, rapare; (subj, animals, grass) → brucare

crop up vi + adv (fig) (arise) → sorgere, presentarsi
something must have cropped up → dev'essere capitato or successo qualcosa

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crop [krɒp]

1. n

a. (produce) → coltivazione f; (amount produced, of fruit, vegetables) → raccolto; (of cereals) → raccolto, messe f (fig) (of problems, applicants) → serie f inv
the crops → il raccolto

b. (of bird) → gozzo, ingluvie f

c. (of whip) → manico; (riding crop) → frustino

2. vt (cut, hair) → tagliare, rapare; (subj, animals, grass) → brucare

crop up vi + adv (fig) (arise) → sorgere, presentarsi
something must have cropped up → dev'essere capitato or successo qualcosa

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crop

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 채찍 rimbas pātaga cemeti pendek rijzweep kort ridepisk palcat chicote cra­vaşă кнут bič bič korbač ridspö, ridpiska แส้ kırbaç 短馬鞭 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 단발머리 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 (髮型)平頭的 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) 소낭 모이주머니 gurklys guza tembolok krop kro wole papo guşă зоб hrvoľ golša guša kräva กระเพาะย่อยอาหารของสัตว์บางชนิด kursak, sindirim kesesi (鳥的)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 (풀 등을) 뜯어먹다 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﹐啃掉 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 갑자기 발생하다 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 (事情)突然發生 несподівано виявлятися; виникати اچانک واقع هونا nảy ra （问题等）突然发生

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crop → محصول plodina afgrøde Feldfrucht συγκομιδή cosecha vilja récolte usjev raccolto 農作物 농작물 oogst avling uprawa colheita урожай skörd ผลผลิต ürün vụ mùa 农作物