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The definition of crop
16 Definitions of: crop
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- noun, the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals, vegetables, and fruit
- noun, a) the amount of such produce in any particular season b) the yield of some other farm produce
- noun, a group of products, thoughts, people, etc, appearing at one time or in one season
- noun, the stock of a thonged whip
- noun, short for riding crop
- noun, a) a pouchlike expanded part of the oesophagus of birds, in which food is stored or partially digested before passing on to the gizzard b) a similar structure in insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates
- noun, the entire tanned hide of an animal
- noun, a short cropped hairstyle. See also Eton crop
- noun, a notch in or a piece cut out of the ear of an animal
- noun, the act of cropping
- verb, to cut (hair, grass, etc) very short
- verb, to cut and collect (mature produce) from the land or plant on which it has been grown
- verb, to clip part of (the ear or ears) of (an animal), esp as a means of identification
- verb, to cause (land) to bear or (of land) to bear or yield a crop
- verb, (of herbivorous animals) to graze on (grass or similar vegetation)
- verb, photog to cut off or mask unwanted edges or areas of (a negative or print) ▷ See also crop out ▷ See also, crop up
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of crop