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crop C0759400 (krŏp)n.1. a. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group: Wheat is a common crop.b. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place: an orchard that produced a huge crop of apples last year.2. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time: a crop of new ideas.3. A short haircut.4. An earmark on an animal.5. a. A short whip used in horseback riding, with a loop serving as a lash.b. The stock of a whip.6. Zoology a. A pouchlike enlargement of a bird's gullet in which food is partially digested or stored for regurgitation to nestlings.b. A similar enlargement in the digestive tract of annelids and insects.v. cropped, crop·ping, crops v.tr.1. a. To cut or bite off the tops or ends of: crop a hedge; sheep cropping grass.b. To cut (hair, for example) very short.c. To clip (an animal's ears, for example).d. To trim (a photograph or picture, for example).2. a. To harvest: crop salmon.b. To cause to grow or yield a crop.v.intr.1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.2. To plant, grow, or yield a crop.Phrasal Verb: crop up To appear unexpectedly or occasionally: "one of the many theories that keep cropping up in his story" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt).
[Middle English, from Old English cropp, ear of grain.]cropped (krɒpt) adj1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) (of hair) cut very short2. (Clothing & Fashion) clothing not full-lengthThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | cropped - (of land or soil) used for growing crops; "cropped soil"planted - set in the soil for growth |
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