26984 words

crop

15 definitions • 15 examples
1
(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large amounts:

Examples:

The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice.
bumper crop a bumper (= very good) potato crop
2
a group of people or things with something in common, that exist at a particular time:

Examples:

crop of The judges will select the best from this year's crop of first novels.
3

Examples:

Her hair was cut in a short crop.
4
a part of the throat in many birds where food is stored before going into the stomach
5
a short stick used to control a horse by hitting it
6
to make something shorter or smaller, especially by cutting:

Examples:

He had his hair cropped when he went into the army.
7
When animals such as sheep or horses crop grass or other plants, they eat the top parts.
8
to remove some or all of the edges from a picture, leaving only the most important part:

Examples:

He cropped the photo so that only the face remained.
9
If a plant crops, it produces fruit, flowers, etc.:

Examples:

The carrots have cropped well (= produced a lot of carrots) this year.
10
to grow crops on land:

Examples:

The land is intensively cropped.
11
a plant such as a grain, vegetable, or fruit grown in large amounts on a farm, or the total amount gathered of such a plant:

Examples:

Apple growers celebrated their biggest crop ever last year.
12
A crop is also any group of similar things or people:

Examples:

We’ve got a new crop of students coming in every year.
13
to cut something to make it shorter:

Examples:

The brothers both had their hair cropped.
15
the total amount of a crop that is collected in one season:

Examples:

Last year there was a bumper crop of maize (= a very large one).

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