crop

¹crop

noun \ˈkräp\

Definition of CROP

1

: a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration; also : an enlargement of the gullet of another animal (as an insect)

2

a (1) : a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence <an apple crop> <a crop of wool> (2) : the total yearly production from a specified area

b : the product or yield of something formed together <the ice crop>

c : a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle <the current crop of films>

d : collection <a crop of lies>

3

: the stock or handle of a whip; also : a riding whip with a short straight stock and a loop

4

[²crop]

a : the part of the chine of a quadruped (as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers —usually used in plural — see cow illustration

b : an earmark on an animal; especially : one made by a straight cut squarely removing the upper part of the ear

c : a close cut of the hair

Examples of CROP

1. Tobacco is their main crop.
2. They sprayed the crops with a pesticide.
3. The teachers got ready for a new crop of students.
4. a new crop of horror movies

Origin of CROP

Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English cropp craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to CROP

Synonyms

harvest

Related Words

return, yield; cut, cutting

Near Antonyms

individual, single

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with CROP

bop, chap, chop, clop, cop, drop, flop, fop, glop, hop, knop, lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, scop, shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, top, whop

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

crop

noun \ˈkräp\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of CROP

: a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration

crop

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

In agriculture, a plant or plant product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. By use, crops fall into six categories: food crops, for human consumption (e.g., wheat, potatoes); feed crops, for livestock consumption (e.g., oats, alfalfa); fibre crops, for cordage and textiles (e.g., cotton, hemp); oil crops, for consumption or industrial uses (e.g., cottonseed, corn); ornamental crops, for landscape gardening (e.g., dogwood, azalea); and industrial and secondary crops, for various personal and industrial uses (e.g., rubber, tobacco).