crop

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NGSL Rank: 1983
crop
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Meanings
noun
  • a cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable.
    E.g. the main crops were oats and barley
  • a group or amount of related people or things appearing or occurring at one time.
    E.g. the current crop of politicians
  • a hairstyle in which the hair is cut very short.
    E.g. she has her hair cut in a short crop
  • short for riding crop or hunting crop.
  • a pouch in a bird's gullet where food is stored or prepared for digestion.
    E.g. the parent waxbill partially digests food in its crop
  • the entire tanned hide of an animal.
verb
  • cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short.
    E.g. she cropped her long golden hair
  • (of an animal) bite off and eat the tops of (plants).
    E.g. the horse was gratefully cropping the grass
  • harvest (plants or their produce) from a particular area.
    E.g. hay would have been cropped several times through the summer

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