Word Frequency
crop (krɒp
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Definitions
noun
- the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals, vegetables, and fruit
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- the amount of such produce in any particular season
- the yield of some other farm produce ⇒
the lamb crop
- a group of products, thoughts, people, etc, appearing at one time or in one season ⇒
a crop of new publications
- the stock of a thonged whip
- short for riding crop
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- a pouchlike expanded part of the oesophagus of birds, in which food is stored or partially digested before passing on to the gizzard
- a similar structure in insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates
- the entire tanned hide of an animal
- a short cropped hairstyle See also Eton crop
- a notch in or a piece cut out of the ear of an animal
- the act of cropping
verb
Word forms: crops, cropping, cropped
mainly tr- to cut (hair, grass, etc) very short
- to cut and collect (mature produce) from the land or plant on which it has been grown
- to clip part of (the ear or ears) of (an animal), esp as a means of identification
- also intr to cause (land) to bear or (of land) to bear or yield a crop ⇒
the land cropped well
- (of herbivorous animals) to graze on (grass or similar vegetation)
- (photography) to cut off or mask unwanted edges or areas of (a negative or print)
Word Origin
Old English cropp; related to Old Norse kroppr rump, body, Old High German kropf goitre, Norwegian kröypa to bendTranslations for 'crop'
- British English: crop Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.Farmers here still plant their crops by hand.krɒp NOUN
- Arabic: مَحْصُول
- Brazilian Portuguese: colheita
- Chinese: 农作物
- Croatian: usjev
- Czech: plodina
- Danish: afgrøde
- Dutch: gewas
- European Spanish: cultivo
- Finnish: vilja
- French: cultures
- German: Feldfrucht Feldfrüchte
- Greek: συγκομιδή
- Italian: raccolto
- Japanese: 農作物
- Korean: 농작물
- Norwegian: avling
- Polish: uprawa
- Portuguese: colheita
- Romanian: recoltă recolte
- Russian: урожай
- Spanish: cosecha
- Swedish: skörd
- Thai: ผลผลิต
- Turkish: ürün
- Ukrainian: сільськогосподарська культура
- Vietnamese: cây trồng
- British English: crop When a plant crops, it produces fruits or parts which people want. VERBAlthough these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.
- Brazilian Portuguese: surgir
- Chinese: 收获收获穫
- European Spanish: cultivarse
- French: donner des fruits
- German: Früchte tragen
- Italian: dare un raccolto
- Japanese: 作物ができる
- Korean: 농작물이 잘 되다
- Portuguese: produzir culturas
- Spanish: cultivarse
Example Sentences Including 'crop'
'We also have an excellent crop of youngsters coming through.Glasgow Herald (2001)
FARM chemical companies could be in danger of running out of acronyms for describing arable crop treatments.Glasgow Herald (2001)
It won't happen, of course; that would mean admitting a mistake, something the current crop of Liberals will never do.Globe and Mail (2003)
Max liked to feel I was appreciated by the pick of the crop.NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A Collection of Short Stories
That summer I watched our crop of sweetcorn blossom spectacularly.FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
The trouble will come later, if the farmers never get to plant the year's second crop.A Time of War
There was no food and the last crop of finger millet had been ruined by army worm.WHITE LIES (2003)
Thirsty crop The proposed scheme would be roughly equivalent to irrigating Mexico from the North American Great Lakes.New Scientist (2004)
This question always seems to crop up whenever I am in London.Globe and Mail (2003)
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