CROP

craw, crop

(noun) a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

crop

(noun) the stock or handle of a whip

crop

(noun) the output of something in a season; “the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores”

crop

(noun) a collection of people or things appearing together; “the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas”

crop

(noun) a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

crop, harvest

(noun) the yield from plants in a single growing season

snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; “dress the plants in the garden”

crop

(verb) cut short; “She wanted her hair cropped short”

crop, browse, graze, range, pasture

(verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture; “the herd was grazing”

crop

(verb) yield crops; “This land crops well”

cultivate, crop, work

(verb) prepare for crops; “Work the soil”; “cultivate the land”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

crop (plural crops)

(agriculture) A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.

A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.

A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease

The lashing end of a whip

An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.

A rocky outcrop.

The act of cropping.

A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.

A short haircut.

(anatomy) 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.

(architecture) The foliate part of a finial.

(archaic or dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.

(mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.

(mining) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.

An entire oxhide.

Synonyms

• (harvest): harvest, yield

• (whip used on horses): hunting crop, riding crop, whip, bat

• (animal's): craw (in birds)

Etymology 2

Verb

crop (third-person singular simple present crops, present participle cropping, simple past and past participle cropped)

(transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.

(transitive) To mow, reap or gather.

(transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.

(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.

(intransitive) To yield harvest.

(transitive) To cause to bear a crop.

Anagrams

• Corp, Corp., RCPO, corp., proc

Source: Wiktionary

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Crop (krp), n. Etym: [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.]

1. The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

2. The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.] "Crop and root." Chaucer.

3. 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. Milton.

4. Grain or other product of the field while standing.

5. Anything cut off or gathered. Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, It falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee. Dryden.

6. Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.

7. (Arch.)

Definition: A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. [Obs.]

8. (Mining.) (a) Tin ore prepared for smelting. (b) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. Knight.

9. A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. Neck and crop, altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]

Crop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cropped (krpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cropping.]

1. 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. Ezek. xvii. 22.

2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest. Death . . . .crops the growing boys. Creech.

3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.

Crop, v. i.

Definition: To yield harvest. To crop out. (a) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the peculiarities of an author crop out.

– To crop up, to sprout; to spring up. "Cares crop up in villas." Beaconsfield.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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