Crop | Mean of crop in English Dictionary

/ˈkrɑːp/

• Noun
• a plant or plant product that is grown by farmers
1. corn crops
2. an apple crop
3. Tobacco is their main crop.
4. They sprayed the crops with a pesticide.
5. Crop production was low last year because of the lack of rain.
6. crop disease/damage
• the amount of a crop that is gathered at one time or in one season
1. The second crop [=harvest] was not as good as the first.
2. The drought caused a fall in this year's corn crop. [=the drought caused the amount of corn grown this year to be lower than it was last year]
3. We produced a bumper crop of tomatoes [=a very large crop of tomatoes] this year.
• a group of people who begin to do something at the same time
1. The teachers got ready for a new crop of students.

• a group of things that happen or are produced at the same time
1. a new crop of horror movies
2. There were many good candidates for the job, but he was the cream of the crop.
• a short whip used in horse riding
1. a riding crop
• a short and thick quantity of hair on a person's head
1. He has a thick crop of hair.
2. a crop of red, curly hair
• an area in the throat of a bird where food is stored for a time
• Verb
• to cut off the upper or outer parts of (something)
1. crop [=trim] a hedge [=make a hedge neat by cutting it]
2. crop a dog's ears
• to cut off part of (a picture or photograph)
1. The picture was cropped badly.
2. We had to crop the image to fit it into the frame.
• to cut (someone's hair) short
1. Her hair was cropped short.
2. closely cropped hair
• to bite off and eat the tops of (grass or plants)
1. The sheep were cropping the grass in the meadow.
• to produce or make a crop
1. The apple trees cropped well.
• to come or appear when not expected
1. New problems crop up every day.
2. His name crops up frequently as a potential candidate.