crop

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/kɹɒp/

noun 5verb 5

Collocations

(noun.) plants grown for food

ADJ

agricultural | cash, commercial, export

fodder, food, forage

The farmer planted forage crops to provide hay for his cattle during winter.

subsistence | staple

traditional

Farmers in the region still grow traditional crops like beans and corn for their families.

spring, winter

standing

The farmer checked his standing crop before the storm arrived yesterday afternoon.

arable, cereal, fruit, root, vegetable

VERB + CROP

grow, produce

The local farmers produce enough crops to feed the entire village.

plant, sow | bring in, gather, harvest, reap

damage, destroy

Heavy rain and strong winds damaged the crops just before harvest time.

rotate

spray

Farmers spray their crops regularly during the growing season to protect them from pests.

CROP + VERB

fail

When the harvest was poor last summer, the farmer worried his crops would fail completely.

CROP + NOUN

rotation

Farmers have used crop rotation for centuries to keep their soil healthy and productive.

damage, failure

production, yield

Farmers in the region hope that better irrigation will improve their crop production next year.

spraying

PREP

~ of

The farmer harvested a large crop of wheat from the fields this summer.

(noun.) total amount of grain, fruit, etc. grown

ADJ

abundant, bumper, excellent, good, heavy, record | poor

early

The farmers planted winter wheat hoping for an early crop next spring.

potato, rice, etc.

VERB + CROP

gather, get, harvest, have, reap

The farmers gathered an enormous crop of wheat despite the difficult weather conditions.

bear, produce, yield

The farm finally produced a good crop after two years of poor harvests.

PREP

~ of

(verb.)

ADV

closely

The barber closely cropped the sides of his head while leaving the top longer.

PHRASES

crop sth short

She decided to crop her long hair short before starting her new job.

Definitions

noun

A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

The farmer had to decide which crop to grow as his main bet for the coming year. Would it be barley, oats, or something else?

The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.

It was a good crop of oats this year. What a nice change after last year's crop!

A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.

The decade produced a whole crop of ideas about space travel.

The university had an exceptional crop of graduates in 1892, including three who went on to win Nobel Prizes.

A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.

The patient had a crop of bumps indicative of chicken pox.

The lashing end of a whip.

verb

To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.

I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one.

To mow, reap or gather.

To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.

And the knave who refuses to drink till he fall, / Why the hangman shall crop him — ears, love-locks, and all.

To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.

Reduce to six inches wide and crop to eight inches high.

You'll see that when you enlarge a subject to many times its normal size, and then crop the photo so there is nothing in proportion to be recognized, all resemblance to the original can be hidden.

To yield harvest.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles

craw

noun — the yield from plants in a single growing season

harvest

verb — cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

verb — feed as in a meadow or pasture

verb — let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

verb — prepare for crops

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bumper crop

An excess of something; a large yield.

The kindergarten seems to have a bumper crop of new children this year.

crop up

To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.

We'll finish tonight if no problems crop up.

cream of the crop

The best or most desirable among some selection.

They hoped to hire only the cream of the crop for the new project team.

cream the crop

To pick out the most valuable or desirable things or people from a group for one's own interests.

In the past, most agencies assumed that the other agencies were “creaming the crop,” training (or placing) the easiest or most docile or best-educated clients, manipulating data (o

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.

Example Bank

The farmer had to decide which crop to grow as his main bet for the coming year. Would it be barley, oats, or something else?

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It was a good crop of oats this year. What a nice change after last year's crop!

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The decade produced a whole crop of ideas about space travel.

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I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one.

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And the knave who refuses to drink till he fall, / Why the hangman shall crop him — ears, love-locks, and all.

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Reduce to six inches wide and crop to eight inches high.

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Usage Notes

i Register

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