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| crop [ krop ] |
noun (plural crops) |
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1. agriculture botany plants grown for use: a group of plants grown by people for food or other use, especially on a large scale in farming or horticulture
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2. agriculture amount harvested: the amount harvested from a plant or area of land, during one particular period of time
  a good crop of tomatoes
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3. agriculture animals reared for produce: a group of animals reared in farming, or something produced from them
a poor crop of lambs
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4. group of people or things: a number of people or things doing something or being done at the same time
last year's crop of students
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5. whip handle: the handle of a whip
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6. short hairstyle: a short hairstyle, usually for a woman
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7. pouch in bird's throat: a pouch in the throat of many birds in which they store food before regurgitating it to feed their young
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8. pouch in digestive system: a pouch in the digestive tract of an insect or earthworm
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verb (past and past participle cropped, present participle crop·ping, 3rd person present singular crops) |
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1. transitive verb cut something short: to cut something short, e.g. hair or a lawn
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2. transitive and intransitive verb agriculture graze: to eat the top parts of growing plants, especially grass
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3. transitive verb cut part of photo: to cut off or conceal unwanted parts of an image, especially a photograph
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| [ Old English cropp "ear of grain" < Germanic, "round mass"] |
