crop

crop
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English cropp craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw Date: before 12th century 1. a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration; also an enlargement of the gullet of another animal (as an insect) 2. a. (1) a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence <
an apple crop
>
<
a crop of wool
>
(2) the total yearly production from a specified area b. the product or yield of something formed together <
the ice crop
>
c. a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle <
the current crop of films
>
d. collection <
a crop of lies
>
3. the stock or handle of a whip; also a riding whip with a short straight stock and a loop 4. [crop (II)] a. the part of the chine of a quadruped (as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers — usually used in plural; see cow illustration b. an earmark on an animal; especially one made by a straight cut squarely removing the upper part of the ear c. a close cut of the hair II. verb (cropped; cropping) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to remove the upper or outer parts of <
crop a hedge
>
<
crop a dog's ears
>
b. harvest <
crop trout
>
c. to cut off short ; trim <
crop a photograph
>
2. to cause (land) to bear a crop <
planned to crop another 40 acres
>
; also to grow as a crop intransitive verb 1. to feed by cropping something 2. to yield or make a crop 3. to appear unexpectedly or casually <
problems crop up daily
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • crop — [krɒp ǁ krɑːp] noun [countable] FARMING 1. a plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers in order to be eaten or used in industry: • The main crop in China is rice. • the cotton crop 2. the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that… …   Financial and business terms

  • Crop — (kr[o^]p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of a bird,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crop — [kräp] n. [ME croppe < OE croppa, a cluster, flower, crop of bird, hence kidney, pebble; akin to Frank * kruppa, Ger kropf, a swelling, crop of bird (basic sense “something swelling out or swollen”) < IE * gr eu b , curving out < base *… …   English World dictionary

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  • Crop — Crop, v. i. To yield harvest. [1913 Webster] {To crop out}. (a) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the peculiarities of an author crop out. {To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Crop — Crop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cropped} (kr[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cropping}.] 1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. [1913 Webster] I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • crop — O.E. cropp bird s craw, also head or top of a sprout or herb. The common notion is protuberance. Cognate with O.H.G. kropf, O.N. kroppr. Meaning harvest product is c.1300, probably through verb meaning cut off the top of a plant (c.1200). The… …   Etymology dictionary

  • crop — [n] harvest of fruit, vegetable annual production, byproduct, crops, fruitage, fruits, gathering, gleaning, output, produce, product, reaping, season’s growth, vintage, yield; concept 429 crop [v] cut, trim off chop, clip, curtail, detach,… …   New thesaurus

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