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crop (kräp)

noun

  1. a saclike enlargement of a bird's gullet or of a part of the digestive tract of earthworms and some insects, in which food is stored before digestion; craw
  2. any agricultural product, growing or harvested, or collected, as wheat, cotton, fruit, honey, etc.
  3. the yield of any product in one season or place
  4. a group or collection appearing together a new crop of students
  5. the entire tanned hide of an animal
  6. the handle or butt of a whip
  7. a stick with a handle at one end and a thong or tab at the other, used to direct a horse in horseback riding

  8. Etymology: < the v.

    the act or result of cropping, esp.
    1. hair cut close to the head
    2. this style of haircut
    3. an earmark on an animal, made by clipping

Etymology: 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 *ger-: see cradle

transitive verb cropped, cropping crop′·ping

  1. to cut off or bite off the tops or ends of sheep crop grass
  2. to grow or harvest as a crop
  3. to cause crops to grow on or in
  4. to cut (hair, etc.) short
  5. to cut short the ears, hair, etc. of

intransitive verb

  1. to bear a crop or crops
  2. ☆ to plant or grow a crop
  3. to feed by cropping grass, etc.; graze
crop Idioms

crop out

or crop up
  1. to appear unexpectedly
  2. to appear at the surface, as a rock formation at the earth's surface; outcrop
crop Synonyms

crop

n.

harvest, yield, produce, product, growth, annual production, reaping, agricultural production, hay, fodder, grain(s), gathering, gleaning, vintage, fruits, cash crop; see also produce, vegetable.

crop Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • modify: It is the only genetically modified crop approved for use in India.
  • grow: The problem is worst where farmers grow crops on weak, unstable soils on slopes in areas of high rainfall.
  • sow: Peasants who lack capital are effectively restricted to sowing low-value crops, whilst the capitalist sector only produces more profitable crops.
  • cultivate: At an altitude of 2,700m, cultivating crops is impossible and icy winds blow down from the jagged peaks that surround it.

Adjective modifier

  • transgenic: Two countries, Portugal and Ukraine, which grew small introductory areas in 1999 did not report transgenic crops in 2000.
  • arable: Index 2- is the critical value for most arable crops.
  • non-GM: And its now clear that whatever industry claims, there are no safe distances between GM and non-GM crops.
  • horticultural: Wherever horticultural crops are grown intensively, root knot nematodes are a problem.
  • non-food: Date: 19 June 2006 Alternative ways to farming profit at the Royal Show There are real opportunities in non-food crops.
  • staple: Today it's canola, tomorrow it could be the staple food crops of the poor.

Modifies a noun

  • rotation: They revolve, each one at any moment suddenly becoming the center forward, rather like crop rotation.
  • yield: The only way to do that is to increase crop yields - to do more, with less.
  • circle: Crop circles have even been made under the noses of investigators.
  • residue: Residues Table 2 shows the nitrogen levels of the soil and in the crop residues after a first crop of cauliflowers had been harvested.

Noun used with modifier

  • biotech: Some farmers say it feels much longer than 10 years during which biotech crops have been planted in the United States.
  • cereal: The first Cornish hedges appeared, enclosing land for cereal crops.
  • bumper: Seven years of bumper crops are going to be followed by seven years of famine.
  • Bt: The potential harm to beneficial insects caused by Bt crops is being further researched in several countries.
  • forage: On a more general note, he says there are three clear priorities for livestock farmers seeking to improve the management of forage crops.
  • oilseed: Asked whether or not the GM contaminated oilseed rape crops should be destroyed, 93 % said yes, 7 % said no.
crop Quotes

A stag of warrant, a stag, a stag, A runnable stag, a kingly crop, Brow, bay and trayand three on top, A stag, a runnable stag.

—Davidson,John