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noun
- 1. a cultivated plant that is grown as food, especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable: "the main crops were oats and barley"
- 2. a group or amount of related people or things appearing or occurring at one time: "the current crop of politicians" Similar
verb
- 1. cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short: "she cropped her long golden hair" Similar
- 2. (of an animal) bite off and eat the tops of (plants): "the horse was gratefully cropping the grass" Similar
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Sep 17, 2012 · The meaning of CROP is a pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration; also : an enlargement of the digestive tract of another animal (such as an insect). How to use crop in a sentence.
CROP definition: 1. (the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large…. Learn more.
Crop definition: the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered. See examples of CROP used in a sentence.
A crop is a large amount of one kind of fruit or vegetable that's grown on a farm. Your farmer uncle's corn crop might be especially large after a summer with plenty of rain.
a plant such as a grain, vegetable, or fruit grown in large amounts on a farm, or the total amount gathered of such a plant: Apple growers celebrated their biggest crop ever last year. A crop is also any group of similar things or people: We’ve got a new crop of students coming in every year.
n. 1. a. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group: Wheat is a common crop. b. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place: an orchard that produced a huge crop of apples last year. 2. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time: a crop of new ideas. 3.
Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food. Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand. The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes. 2. See also cash crop. 3. countable noun B1+.
Definition of crop noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable that is grown in large amounts by farmers. Examples. to sow crops. The crops were damaged by rats and other pests. A severe drought ruined the crops. The rains nurtured the newly planted crops. Farmers usually rotate their crops to improve the soil.
n. Agriculture the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop. Agriculture the yield of such produce for a particular season. the yield of some other product in a season: the crop of diamonds. a supply produced.
