crop

²crop

verb

croppedcrop·ping

Definition of CROP

transitive verb

1

a : to remove the upper or outer parts of <crop a hedge> <crop a dog's ears> b : harvest <crop trout> c : to cut off short : trim <crop a photograph>

2

: to cause (land) to bear a crop <planned to crop another 40 acres>; also : to grow as a crop

intransitive verb

1

: to feed by cropping something

2

: to yield or make a crop

3

: to appear unexpectedly or casually <problems crop up daily>

Examples of CROP

1. The picture was cropped badly.
2. We had to crop the image to fit it into the frame.
3. Her hair was cropped short.

First Known Use of CROP

13th century

Related to CROP

Synonyms: grow, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tend

Related Words: breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout

Near Antonyms: kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow

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