Etymology : Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English cropp craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw
Pronunciation : kräp
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. harvest, produce (Agriculture); group; sac-like enlargement in the gullet of a bird which serves as a receptacle for partially digested food which is either digested or fed to nestlings; whip; short haircut. harvest; cut short, clip; cause to yield produce. crop\crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. cropped (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb. n. cropping.].
2. to cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. i will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one. xvii.
3. 2. fig.: to cut off, as if in harvest. deathcrops the growing boys. reech.
4. to cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.crop \crop\ (kr&obreve;p), n. [oe. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, as. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to d. krop craw, g. kropf, icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also w. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of a bird, ir. & gael. sgroban. cf. croup, crupper, croup.].
5. the pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
6. the top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [obs.] "crop and root.".
7. 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. lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop, corn, wine, and oil.
8. grain or other product of the field while standing.
9. anything cut off or gathered. guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, it falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee.
10. hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.
11. (arch.) a projecting ornament in carved stone. specifically, a finial. [obs.].
12. (mining.) (a) tin ore prepared for smelting. (b) outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
13. a riding whip with a loop instead of a lash.
14. The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
15. The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree.
16. 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.
17. Grain or other product of the field while standing.
18. Anything cut off or gathered.
19. Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.
20. A projecting ornament in carved stone.
21. Specifically, a finial.
22. Tin ore prepared for smelting.
23. Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
24. A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash.
25. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
26. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
27. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
28. To yield harvest. the stock or handle of a whip the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" the yield from plants in a single growing season cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" let feed in a field or pasture or meadow yield crops; "This land crops well".
29. 1. Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food. Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes. see also:
cash crop.
30. The plants or fruits that are collected at harvest time are referred to as a crop. Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit The US government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year = harvest.
31. You can refer to a group of people or things that have appeared together as a crop of people or things. The present crop of books and documentaries about Marilyn Monroe exploit the thirtieth anniversary of her death = batch.
32. When a plant crops, it produces fruits or parts which people want. Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.
33. To crop someone's hair means to cut it short. She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde. + cropped cropped She had cropped grey hair.
34. A crop is a short hairstyle. She had her long hair cut into a boyish crop.
35. If you crop a photograph, you cut part of it off, in order to get rid of part of the picture or to be able to frame it. I decided to crop the picture just above the water line Her husband was cropped from the photograph.
36. the cream of the crop: see:
cream. In agriculture, a plant or plant product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. By use, crops fall into six categories: food crops, for human consumption (e.g., wheat, potatoes); feed crops, for livestock consumption (e.g., oats, alfalfa); fibre crops, for cordage and textiles (e.g., cotton, hemp); oil crops, for consumption or industrial uses (e.g., cottonseed, corn); ornamental crops, for landscape gardening (e.g., dogwood, azalea); and industrial and secondary crops, for various personal and industrial uses (e.g., rubber, tobacco). cover crop crop duster crop rotation.
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