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   crop

   /krɒp/

   noun

   • 1. a cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable: "the main crops were oats and barley"
   • ▪ an amount of produce harvested at one time: "a heavy crop of fruit" Similar harvestyear's growthyieldproducevintagegatheringreapinggleaninggarneringfruits
   • ▪ an abundance of something, especially a person's hair: "he had a thick crop of wiry hair"
   • ▪ the total number of young farm animals born in a particular year on one farm: "failure to observe sound practice leads to a lamb crop at weaning of around 50–60 per cent"
   • 2. a group or amount of related people or things appearing or occurring at one time: "the current crop of politicians" Similar batchlotassortmentselectioncollectionsupplyintake
   • 3. a hairstyle in which the hair is cut very short: "she has her hair cut in a short crop"
   • 4. short for riding crop or hunting crop
   • 5. a pouch in a bird's gullet where food is stored or prepared for digestion: "the parent waxbill partially digests food in its crop" Similar crawmawgulletthroatoesophaguspharynxinformal, dated:the red lanearchaic:throttlegorgegula
   • ▪ an organ resembling a pouch in an insect or earthworm.
   • 6. the entire tanned hide of an animal.

   verb

   • 1. cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short: "she cropped her long golden hair" Similar cut shortcutcliptrimsnipshearshavepareprunefleecelopdockremovedetachcut offhack offchop offtake offshortenmake shortercut shortercut into a bobbarbertonsure
   • ▪ remove part of (a photograph or other image) in order to produce a better picture or to fit a given space: "you can always crop the picture afterwards"
   • 2. (of an animal) bite off and eat the tops of (plants): "the horse was gratefully cropping the grass" Similar graze onbrowse onfeed onnibble (at)eatpastureruminate
   • 3. harvest (plants or their produce) from a particular area: "hay would have been cropped several times through the summer" Similar harvestreapmowgathercollectpickpluckgather intake inbring homeliterary:gleangarnercull
   • ▪ sow or plant (land) with plants that will produce food or fodder, especially on a large commercial scale: "the southern areas are cropped in cotton"
   • ▪ (of land or a plant) yield a harvest of plants or produce: "the parsley will need protection to continue cropping through the winter"

   Word Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Kropf. From Old English to the late 18th century there existed a sense ‘flower head, ear of corn’, giving rise to crop (sense 1 of the noun) and senses referring to the top of something, whence crop (sense 4 of the noun).

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