1. A cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
   "Wheat is a major crop in many countries"
    
2. The yield from plants in a single growing season
   "The farmer's wheat crop was excellent this year";
   - harvest
    
3. The output of something in a season
   "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"
    
4. A collection of people or things appearing together
   "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
    
5. A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
   "The bird's crop was full of seeds";
   - craw
    
6. The stock or handle of a whip
   "He gripped the crop tightly as he prepared to ride"
    
7. A short haircut
   "She got a summer crop to beat the heat"

1. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   "crop the plants in the garden";
   - snip, clip, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
    
2. (farming) prepare for crops
   "crop the land";
   - cultivate, work
    
3. Yield crops
   "This land crops well"
    
4. Feed as in a meadow or pasture
   "the herd was cropping";
   - browse, graze, range, pasture
    
5. Let feed in a field, pasture or meadow
   "The farmer cropped his cattle in the lush meadow";
   - graze, pasture
    
6. Cut short
   "She wanted her hair cropped short"
    
7. To reduce the size of an image by removing undesirable or unnecessary elements
   "She cropped the photo to focus on the main subject"

Derived forms: crops, cropping, cropped

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, bear, breadbasket [informal], collection, cut, end product, feed, fix, flora, gear up, give, grip, handgrip, handle, hold, output, plant, plant life, prepare, ready, set, set up, stomach, thin out, tum [informal], tummy [informal], turn out, yield

Part of: whip

Encyclopedia: Crop