crop (n.)

  1. the yield from plants in a single growing season

    [ Syn: harvest ]

  2. a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

  3. a collection of people or things appearing together; the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas'

  4. the output of something in a season; the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores'

  5. the stock or handle of a whip

  6. a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

    [ Syn: craw ]

    crop (v.)

  1. cut short; She wanted her hair cropped short'

  2. prepare for crops; Work the soil; cultivate the land

    [ Syn: cultivate , work ]

  3. yield crops; This land crops well'

  4. let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

    [ Syn: graze , pasture ]

  5. feed as in a meadow or pasture; the herd was grazing

    [ Syn: browse , graze , range , pasture ]

  6. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; dress the plants in the garden

    [ Syn: snip , clip , trim , lop , dress , prune , cut back ]

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