crop

1 the quantity of an animal or vegetable product gathered at the end of a season the wheat crop is going to be exceptionally large this year Synonyms harvest Related Words return, yield; cut, cutting

2 a usually small number of persons considered as a unit the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far Synonyms array, band, batch, battery, body, boodle, bunch, cluster, clutch, consort, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, parcel, party, passelRelated Words assembly, collective, congregation, gathering, muster, organization; circle, clan, clique, coterie, fellowship, gang, ring, round, set; faction, guild (also gild), order, school, sect; brigade, crew, outfit, phalanx, platoon, posse, task force, team; alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, confederation, federation, league, union; battalion, squadron; bevy, brood, coveyNear Antonyms individual, single

1 to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations Synonyms grow, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tendRelated Words breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sproutNear Antonyms kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow

2 to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument grass cropped short by repeated grazing cropped the painting to fit the frame Synonyms bob, clip, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, pare, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trimRelated Words skive, whittle; manicure, mow; pinch, stump; curtail, shortenNear Antonyms elongate, extend, lengthen