Definition of crop
1 : a pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration; also : an enlargement of the digestive tract of another animal (such as an insect)
2a (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 areab : the product or yield of something formed together the ice cropc : a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle the current crop of filmsd : 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 (such as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers —usually used in plural — see cow illustrationb : an earmark on an animal; especially : one made by a straight cut squarely removing the upper part of the earc : a close cut of the hair He has a thick crop of hair.
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Examples of crop in a Sentence
Tobacco is their main crop.
They sprayed the crops with a pesticide.
The teachers got ready for a new crop of students.
a new crop of horror movies
Origin and Etymology 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
crop
Definition of crop
cropped
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transitive verb
1a : to remove the upper or outer parts of crop a hedge crop a dog's earsb : harvest crop troutc : 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 in a Sentence
The picture was cropped badly.
We had to crop the image to fit it into the frame.
Her hair was cropped short.
Origin and Etymology of crop
see 1crop
CROP Defined for English Language Learners
crop
playDefinition of crop for English Language Learners
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: a plant or plant product that is grown by farmers
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: the amount of a crop that is gathered at one time or in one season
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: a group of people who begin to do something at the same time
crop
Definition of crop for English Language Learners
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: to cut off the upper or outer parts of (something)
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: to cut off part of (a picture or photograph)
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: to cut (someone's hair) short
CROP Defined for Kids
Definition of crop for Students
1 : a plant or plant product that is grown and harvested Corn is their main crop.
2 : the amount gathered or harvested : harvest a crop of wheat
3 : a short riding whip
4 : an enlargement just above the stomach of a bird or insect in which food is temporarily stored
6 : a close cut of the hair
Medical Dictionary
crop
playMedical Definition of crop
: a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration
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