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.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.
[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 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 scalecash 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" | | 4. | crop - the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" | | 5. | crop - the stock or handle of a whiphandgrip, 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 foodstomach, 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" knead, work - make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" | | 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 meadowfeed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" 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" 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 |
crop verb 4. cut, reduce, trim, clip, dock, prune, shorten, shear, snip, pare, lop  Translations crop [krɔp] n (= produce) → cultivo (= amount produced); cosecha (= riding crop); látigo de montar; [ of bird] → buche mcrop 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; (subj) (animal) (grass) → abfressen
 crop [krɔp] n → raccolto (= produce); coltivazione f [ of bird] → gozzo, ingluvie fcrop up vi → presentarsi
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