crop
Americannoun
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the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered.
the wheat crop.
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the yield of such produce for a particular season.
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the yield of some other product in a season.
the crop of diamonds.
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a supply produced.
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a collection or group of persons or things appearing or occurring together.
this year's crop of students.
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the stock or handle of a whip.
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Also called riding crop. a short riding whip consisting of a stock without a lash.
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Also called craw. Zoology.
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a pouch in the esophagus of many birds, in which food is held for later digestion or for regurgitation to nestlings.
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a chamber or pouch in the foregut of arthropods and annelids for holding and partly crushing food.
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the act of cropping.
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a mark produced by clipping the ears, as of cattle.
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a close-cropped hairstyle.
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a head of hair so cut.
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an entire tanned hide of an animal.
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Mining. an outcrop of a vein or seam.
verb (used with object)
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to cut off or remove the head or top of (a plant, grass, etc.).
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to cut off the ends or a part of.
to crop the ears of a dog.
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to cut short.
cropped t-shirts.
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to clip the ears, hair, etc., of.
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Photography. to cut off or mask the unwanted parts of (a print or negative).
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to cause to bear a crop or crops.
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to graze off (the tops of plants, grass, etc.).
The sheep cropped the lawn.
verb (used without object)
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to bear or yield a crop or crops.
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to feed by cropping or grazing.
adjective
verb phrase
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crop up to appear, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
A new problem cropped up.
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crop out
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Geology, Mining. to rise to the surface of the ground.
Veins of quartz crop out in the canyon walls.
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to become evident or visible; occur.
A few cases of smallpox still crop out every now and then.
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noun
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the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals, vegetables, and fruit
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the amount of such produce in any particular season
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the yield of some other farm produce
the lamb crop
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a group of products, thoughts, people, etc, appearing at one time or in one season
a crop of new publications
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the stock of a thonged whip
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short for riding crop
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a pouchlike expanded part of the oesophagus of birds, in which food is stored or partially digested before passing on to the gizzard
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a similar structure in insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates
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the entire tanned hide of an animal
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a short cropped hairstyle See also Eton crop
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a notch in or a piece cut out of the ear of an animal
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the act of cropping
verb
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to cut (hair, grass, etc) very short
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to cut and collect (mature produce) from the land or plant on which it has been grown
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to clip part of (the ear or ears) of (an animal), esp as a means of identification
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(also intr) to cause (land) to bear or (of land) to bear or yield a crop
the land cropped well
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(of herbivorous animals) to graze on (grass or similar vegetation)
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photog to cut off or mask unwanted edges or areas of (a negative or print)
Related Words
Crop, harvest, produce, yield refer to the return in food obtained from land at the end of a season of growth. Crop, the term common in agricultural and commercial use, denotes the amount produced at one cutting or for one particular season: the potato crop. Harvest denotes either the time of reaping and gathering, or the gathering, or that which is gathered: the season of harvest; to work in a harvest; a ripe harvest. Produce especially denotes household vegetables: Produce from the fields and gardens was taken to market. Yield emphasizes what is given by the land in return for expenditure of time and labor: There was a heavy yield of grain this year.
Other Word Forms
- cropless adjective
- noncrop adjective
- uncropped adjective
- well-cropped adjective
Etymology
Origin of crop
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English crop, cropp “sprout, ear of wheat (or other grain), paunch, crown of a tree”; cognate with German Kropf; croup 2
Example Sentences
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The cheeky shirts, available both in full length and as crop tops, have become a viral sensation, with the initial release selling out in just one day.
From Los Angeles Times
While much of the country is still digging out from snow, it’s springtime in the streaming world, with an impressive-looking crop of new series poised to compete for viewers’ eyeballs.
From MarketWatch
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell in February, each suffering its worst month since tariff turmoil started to crop up in markets last spring.
“Their work was always about more than crops. It was about empowerment and survival. Bloom Ranch embodies that legacy, honoring and applying practices like Carver’s crop rotation and soil health techniques.”
From Los Angeles Times
The audience seem to know every word - with the whole room reverberating to the declarative, "I don't need a boyfriend", that crops up in the second verse of Nice To Each Other.
From BBC
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