Definition of crop Crop
/kɹɑˈp/ - [krap] - crop
We found 48 definitions of crop from 8 different sources.
Advertising
What does crop mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: crops |
||
| crop - a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale | ||
| plant life, flora, plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | ||
| cash crop a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) | ||
| catch crop a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season | ||
| cover crop crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure | ||
| field crop a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes; "cotton, hay, and grain are field crops" | ||
| crop - the yield from plants in a single growing season | ||
| harvest | ||
| yield, output an amount of a product | ||
| crop - the stock or handle of a whip | ||
| handgrip, handle, grip, hold the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" | ||
| crop - the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" | ||
| crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" | ||
| crop - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food | ||
| craw | ||
Verb |
||
| crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | ||
| graze, pasture | ||
| pasture, browse, graze, crop, range eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" | ||
| feed, give introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor" | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| grass shoot down, of birds | ||
| drift be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow" | ||
| crop - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" | ||
| browse, graze, range, pasture | ||
| range let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" | ||
| eat, feed eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" | ||
| crop - yield crops; "This land crops well" | ||
| turn out, bear come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons; "How many people turned out that evening?" | ||
| crop - cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| crop - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" | ||
| snip, clip, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back | ||
| thin out make sparse; "thin out the young plants" | ||
| shear become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain | ||
| pollard, poll convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" | ||
| pinch, top irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back" | ||
| disbud destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle) | ||
| crop - prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" | ||
| cultivate, work | ||
| gear up, ready, prepare, fix, set up, set to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" | ||
| husbandry, farming, agriculture agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" | ||
| overcrop, overcultivate to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land" | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
- crop (Noun)
A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose. - crop (Noun)
The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants. - crop (Noun)
A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time. - crop (Noun)
The lashing end of a whip. - crop (Noun)
An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop . - crop (Noun)
A rocky outcrop. - crop (Noun)
The act of cropping. - crop (Noun)
A short haircut. - crop (Noun)
A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds and some other animals, used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw. - crop (Noun)
The foliate part of a finial. - crop (Noun)
The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree. - crop (Verb)
To remove the top end of something, especially a plant. - crop (Verb)
To cut especially hair or an animal's tail or ears short. - crop (Verb)
To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better. - crop (Verb)
To yield harvest.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crop (n.)
The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw. - crop (n.)
The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. - crop (n.)
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. - crop (n.)
Grain or other product of the field while standing. - crop (n.)
Anything cut off or gathered. - crop (n.)
Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop. - crop (n.)
A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. - crop (n.)
Tin ore prepared for smelting. - crop (n.)
Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. - crop (n.)
A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. - crop (v. t.)
To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. - crop (v. t.)
Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest. - crop (v. t.)
To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field. - crop (v. i.)
To yield harvest.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
crop
To feed as in a meadow or pasture. -
crop
(agriculture) A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
crop
krop, n. all the produce of a field of grain: anything gathered or cropped: an entire ox-hide: the craw of a bird: (archit.) a finial: a whip-handle: the cutting the hair short.—v.t. to cut off the top or ends: to cut short or close: to mow, reap, or gather.—v.i. to yield:—pr.p. crop′ping; pa.p. cropped.—n. Crop′-ear, one having cropped or cut ears.—adj. Crop′ful (Milt.), satiated.—ns. Crop′per, one who or that which crops: a plant which furnishes a crop: one who raises a crop for a share of it: a kind of fancy pigeon remarkable for its large crop; Crop′ping, act of cutting off: the raising of crops: (geol.) an outcrop; Crop′py, one of the Irish rebels of 1798 who cut their hair short in imitation of the French Revolutionists.—adj. Crop′-sick, sick of a surfeit.—Crop out, to appear above the surface; Crop up, to come up incidentally. [A.S. crop, the top shoot of a plant, the crop of a bird; Dut. crop, a bird's crop.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
-
crop
A nick name for a presbyterian: from their cropping their hair, which they trimmed close to a bowl-dish, placed as a guide on their heads; whence they were likewise called roundheads. See ROUNDHEADS. -
crop
To be knocked down for a crop; to be condemned to be hanged. Cropped, hanged.
Wikipedia 
- Crops are food plants which are grown by farmers. Growing crops is a part of Agriculture.
Part of speech
🔤Pronunciation
Word frequency
Sign Language
Advertising
Jump to
Advertising