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Noun: crop  króp
  1. The yield from plants in a single growing season
    - harvest
     
  2. A cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
     
  3. A collection of people or things appearing together
    "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
     
  4. The output of something in a season
    "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"
     
  5. The stock or handle of a whip
     
  6. A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
    - craw
Verb: crop (cropped,cropping)  króp
  1. Cut short
    "She wanted her hair cropped short"
     
  2. Prepare for crops
    - cultivate, work
     
  3. Yield crops
    "This land crops well"
     
  4. Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
    - graze, pasture
     
  5. Feed as in a meadow or pasture
    - browse, graze, range, pasture
     
  6. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    - snip, clip, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
     
  7. To reduce the size of an image by removing undesirable or unnecessary elements

Derived forms: crops, cropping, cropped

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, bear, breadbasket, collection, cut, eat, end product, feed, fix, flora, gear up, give, grip, handgrip, handle, hold, output, plant, plant life, prepare, ready, set, set up, stomach, thin out, tum, tummy, turn out, yield

Part of: whip

Encyclopedia: Crop