Definition of "crop"
- noun
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.
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 short haircut.
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.
The foliate part of a finial.
The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
- verb
To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better.
To yield harvest.
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