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Meaning of 'crop' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crop [ n.]
- The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
- The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree.
- That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest.
- Grain or other product of the field while standing.
- Anything cut off or gathered.
- Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.
- A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial.
- Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash.
2 . Crop [ v. i.]
- To yield harvest.
3 . Crop [ v. t.]
- To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
- Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
- To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.

Meaning of 'crop' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crop [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a collection of people or things appearing together
Example in sentence:
  • the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas
Meaning (2):
- the output of something in a season
Example in sentence:
  • the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores
3 . crop [ v]
Meaning (3):
- prepare for crops
Example in sentence:
  • cultivate the land;
  • Work the soil
Meaning (4):
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Example in sentence:
  • dress the plants in the garden
Meaning (5):
- cut short
Example in sentence:
  • She wanted her hair cropped short
Meaning (6):
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
Example in sentence:
  • the herd was grazing
Meaning (7):
- yield crops
Example in sentence:
  • This land crops well

Nearby Words:

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