Word
crop
US/ˈkɹɑp/
UK/kɹˈɒp/
Definitions
01agricultural plants
n. a plant such as wheat, fruit, or vegetables that is grown in large amounts by farmers.
n. a cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable.
“The farmers are worried because the coffee crop was damaged by the heavy rain.”
“The region's primary cash crop is tobacco, though many local farmers are beginning to diversify into organic soy production.”
02a group of things
n. a group of people or things that appear at the same time.
n. a batch or collection of people or things appearing or produced at the same time.
“This year's crop of graduates is the most talented we have seen in a decade.”
“The current crop of political thrillers reflects a growing public anxiety regarding digital surveillance and data privacy.”
Synonyms
03short haircut
n. a very short hairstyle.
n. a hairstyle in which the hair is cut very short.
“She decided to change her look and went for a stylish blonde crop.”
“The actress appeared at the premiere with a severe dark crop that emphasised her high cheekbones.”
Synonyms
04bird anatomy
n. a part of a bird's throat where food is stored before it is digested.
n. a muscular pouch near the gullet or throat of a bird or insect, used for storing food before digestion.
“The mother bird stores seeds in her crop to feed her young later.”
“The veterinarian examined the pigeon's crop to determine if the blockage was caused by ingested plastic debris.”
Technical
Synonyms
06to trim a photo
v. to cut off the edges of a photograph so that it fits a space or looks better.
v. to remove the outer parts of an image to improve framing or change the aspect ratio.
“You should crop the photo to remove the person standing on the left.”
“The editor decided to crop the portrait tightly around the subject's face to create a more intimate and dramatic effect.”
Antonyms
07to cut short
v. to cut something very short, like hair or grass.
v. to cut something, especially hair or vegetation, very short.
“The sheep had their wool cropped close to their skin for the summer.”
“The gardener cropped the hedge into a perfect rectangle to match the formal style of the estate.”
Antonyms
Real-World Examples
“Crop fires are a huge and expensive problem with some 300 a year in this département alone, Chaudier says.” “Farming at the site ended after its final crop in 2005.” Etymology
From Middle English crop, croppe, from Old English crop, cropp, croppa (“the head or top of a plant, a sprout or herb, a bunch or cluster of flowers, an ear of corn, the craw of a bird, a kidney”), from Proto-West Germanic kropp, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz (“body, trunk, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to warp, bend, crawl”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch krop (“crop”), German Low German Kropp (“a swelling on the neck, the craw, maw”), German Kropf (“the craw, ear of grain, head of lettuce or cabbage”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish kropp (“body, trunk”), Faroese and Icelandic kroppur (“body”). Related to crap. Doublet of group and croup.
From Middle English croppen (“to cut, pluck and eat”), from Old English *croppian. Cognate with Scots crap (“to crop”), Dutch kroppen (“to cram, digest”), Low German kröppen (“to cut, crop, stuff the craw”), German kröpfen (“to crop”), Icelandic kroppa (“to cut, crop, pick”). Literally, to take off the crop (top, head, ear) of a plant. See Etymology 1.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Word family
Idioms
bumper crop — An excess of something; a large yield.
cream of the crop — The best or most desirable among some selection.
cream the crop — To pick out the most valuable or desirable things or people from a group for one's own interests.
crop up — To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
specialty crop — Any of various crops cultivated for, or managed and gathered for, human use (in food, personal hygiene, medicine, or decoration) rather than as animal feed, fodder, or forage.
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