1a cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable:the main crops were oats and barley
an amount of produce harvested at one time:a heavy crop of fruit
an abundance of something, especially a person’s hair:he had a thick crop of wiry hair
the total number of young farm animals born in a particular year on one farm:failure to observe sound practice leads to a lamb crop at weaning of around 50-60 per cent
2a group or amount of related people or things appearing or occurring at one time:the current crop of politicians
3a hairstyle in which the hair is cut very short:she has her hair cut in a short crop
5a pouch in a bird’s gullet where food is stored or prepared for digestion:the parent waxbill partially digests food in its crop
an organ resembling a pouch in an insect or earthworm.
6the entire tanned hide of an animal.
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1 [with object] cut (something, especially a person’s hair) very short: (as adjective cropped)cropped blonde hair
(of an animal) bite off and eat the tops of (plants):the horse was gratefully cropping the grass
cut the edges of (a photograph) in order to produce a better picture or to fit a given space:you can always crop the picture afterwards
2 [with object] harvest (plants or their produce) from a particular area:hay would have been cropped several times through the summer
sow or plant (land) with plants that will produce food or fodder, especially on a large commercial scale:the southern areas are cropped in cotton (as adjective, with submodifier cropped)intensively cropped areas
[no object] (of land or a plant) yield a harvest of plants or produce:the parsley will need protection to continue cropping through the winter
crop out
(of rock) appear or be exposed at the surface of the earth:high hills are found where the igneous rocks of eastern South Uist crop out
crop up
appear, occur, or come to one’s notice unexpectedly:some urgent business had cropped up
