crop
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
crops
plural
crops
Britannica Dictionary definition of CROP
1
[count]
a
:
a plant or plant product that is grown by farmers
— sometimes used before another noun
—
see also cash crop
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corn crops
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an apple crop
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Tobacco is their main crop.
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They sprayed the crops with a pesticide.
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Crop production was low last year because of the lack of rain.
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crop disease/damage
b
:
the amount of a crop that is gathered at one time or in one season
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The second crop [=harvest] was not as good as the first.
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The drought caused a fall in this year's corn crop. [=the drought caused the amount of corn grown this year to be lower than it was last year]
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We produced a bumper crop of tomatoes [=a very large crop of tomatoes] this year.
2
[singular]
a
:
a group of people who begin to do something at the same time
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The teachers got ready for a new crop of students.
b
:
a group of things that happen or are produced at the same time
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a new crop of horror movies
◊ People or things that are the cream of the crop are the best of their kind or in their group.
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There were many good candidates for the job, but he was the cream of the crop.
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4
[count]
:
a short and thick quantity of hair on a person's head
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He has a thick crop of hair.
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a crop of red, curly hair
5
[count]
:
an area in the throat of a bird where food is stored for a time
2
crop
/ˈkrɑːp/
verb
crops;
cropped;
cropping
2
crop
/ˈkrɑːp/
verb
crops;
cropped;
cropping
Britannica Dictionary definition of CROP
1
[+ object]
:
to cut off the upper or outer parts of (something)
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crop [=trim] a hedge [=make a hedge neat by cutting it]
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crop a dog's ears
2
[+ object]
:
to cut off part of (a picture or photograph)
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The picture was cropped badly.
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We had to crop the image to fit it into the frame.
3
[+ object]
:
to cut (someone's hair) short
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Her hair was cropped short.
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closely cropped hair
4
[+ object]
:
to bite off and eat the tops of (grass or plants)
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The sheep were cropping the grass in the meadow.
5
[no object]
:
to produce or make a crop
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The apple trees cropped well.
crop up
[phrasal verb]
:
to come or appear when not expected
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New problems crop up every day.
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His name crops up frequently as a potential candidate.
