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crop
(krŏp)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. A short haircut.
4. An earmark on an animal.
5.
a. A short whip used in horseback riding, with a loop serving as a lash.
b. The stock of a whip.
6. Zoology
a. A pouchlike enlargement of a bird's gullet in which food is partially digested or stored for regurgitation to nestlings.
b. A similar enlargement in the digestive tract of annelids and insects.
v. cropped, crop·ping, crops
v.tr.
1.
a. To cut or bite off the tops or ends of: crop a hedge; sheep cropping grass.
b. To cut (hair, for example) very short.
c. To clip (an animal's ears, for example).
d. To trim (a photograph or picture, for example).
2.
a. To harvest: crop salmon.
b. To cause to grow or yield a crop.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: 1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.
2. To plant, grow, or yield a crop.
crop up
To appear unexpectedly or occasionally: "one of the many theories that keep cropping up in his story" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt).
[Middle English, from Old English cropp, ear of grain.]
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crop
(krɒp)n
1. (Agriculture) the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals, vegetables, and fruit
2. (Agriculture)
a. the amount of such produce in any particular season
b. the yield of some other farm produce: the lamb crop.
3. a group of products, thoughts, people, etc, appearing at one time or in one season: a crop of new publications.
4. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) the stock of a thonged whip
5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) short for riding crop
6. (Zoology)
a. a pouchlike expanded part of the oesophagus of birds, in which food is stored or partially digested before passing on to the gizzard
b. a similar structure in insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates
7. (Tanning) the entire tanned hide of an animal
8. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a short cropped hairstyle. See also Eton crop
9. (Agriculture) a notch in or a piece cut out of the ear of an animal
10. the act of cropping
vb (mainly tr) , crops, cropping or cropped
11. to cut (hair, grass, etc) very short
12. (Agriculture) to cut and collect (mature produce) from the land or plant on which it has been grown
13. (Agriculture) to clip part of (the ear or ears) of (an animal), esp as a means of identification
14. (Agriculture) (also intr) to cause (land) to bear or (of land) to bear or yield a crop: the land cropped well.
15. (Agriculture) (of herbivorous animals) to graze on (grass or similar vegetation)
16. (Photography) photog to cut off or mask unwanted edges or areas of (a negative or print)
[Old English cropp; related to Old Norse kroppr rump, body, Old High German kropf goitre, Norwegian kröypa to bend]
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crop
(krɒp)n., v. cropped, crop•ping. n.
1. the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop.
2. the yield of such produce in one season.
3. the yield of any product in a season.
4. a group of persons or things appearing or occurring together: the new crop of freshmen.
5. the stock or handle of a whip.
6. a short riding whip consisting of a stock without a lash.
7.
a. a pouch in the esophagus of many birds, in which food is held for later digestion or for regurgitation to nestlings.
b. a chamber in the foregut of some annelids and insects for holding and crushing food.
8. a mark produced by clipping the ears, as of cattle.
9. a close cutting of something, as the hair.
v.t. 10. to cut or bite off the top of (a plant, grass, etc.): sheep cropping the grass.
11. to cut off the ends or a part of: to crop the ears of a dog.
12. to cut short.
13. to trim (a photographic print or negative).
14. to cause to bear a crop.
v.i. 15. to yield a crop.
16. to feed by cropping or grazing.
17. crop out,
a. to rise to the surface of the ground: Veins of quartz crop out in the canyon walls.
b. to occur.
18. crop up, to appear, esp. suddenly or unexpectedly.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English: sprout, ear of corn, paunch, crown of a tree, c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German kropp, Old High German kropf, Old Norse kroppr; compare croup2]
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Crop
the product or yield of anything growing; something resembling a crop; the offspring of animals and birds.Examples: crop of beardless youths, 1830; of corn, 1440; of crystals; of petty discussions, 1862; of geese, 1825; of goose pimples; of lambs, 1825; of lies; of logs, 1879; of turkeys, 1825; of ulcers; of wheat, 1530.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
crop
Past participle: cropped
Gerund: cropping
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Crop
1. Another name for a fowl’s Craw.
2. A short riding whip.
3. Any plant grown extensively for food or profit.
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| Noun | 1. |  crop - the yield from plants in a single growing seasonfruitage - the yield of fruit; "a tree highly recommended for its fruitage" |
| 2. | crop - a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale cash crop - a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) catch crop - a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season cover crop - crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure field crop - a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes; "cotton, hay, and grain are field crops" root crop - crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips | |
| 3. | crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole | |
| 4. | crop - the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" end product, output - final product; the things produced | |
| 5. | crop - the stock or handle of a whip handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" whip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping | |
| 6. | crop - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food stomach, tum, tummy, breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion | |
| Verb | 1. | crop - cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" cut - shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair" |
| 2. | crop - prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land" | |
| 3. | crop - yield crops; "This land crops well" | |
| 4. | crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" grass - feed with grass drift - drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards" | |
| 5. | crop - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" range - let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" | |
| 6. |  crop - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers |
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crop
noun
1. yield, produce, gathering, fruits, harvest, vintage, reaping, season's growth a fine crop of apples
verb
crop up (Informal) happen, appear, emerge, occur, arise, turn up, spring up As we get older health problems often crop up.
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crop
nounverb1. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:
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Translations
حَوْصَلـة الطيـورسَوْط قَصـيـرغَلَّـه، مَحْصـولقَصَّـة شَعـر قَصـيـرهمَحْصُول
plodinaspástúčes nakrátkoúrodavole
afgrødegræssehøstkort ridepiskkortklippet hår
rikoltaĵo
kupuleikatarajatasadonkorjuutypistää
usjev
begy
afurî; uppskerahestasvipakroppasarpurstuttklipping
農作物
농작물
derliusežiukasgurklyskultūrapasėlis
apcirptguzaīsi apcirpti matikultūranograuzt
hrvoľplodinaúčes nakrátko
pridelekžetev
skörd
ผลผลิต
cây trồng
crop
[krɒp]A. N
1. (= species grown) → cultivo m; (= produce) [of fruit, vegetables] → cosecha f; [of cereals] → cereal m (fig) → montón m
2. (Orn) → buche m
C. CPD crop circle N círculo misterioso en los sembrados
crop dusting N = crop spraying crop rotation N → rotación f de cultivos
crop sprayer N (= device) → fumigadora f (de cultivos), sulfatadora f; (= plane) → avión m fumigador
crop spraying N → fumigación f aérea, aerofumigación f (de cultivos)
crop dusting N = crop spraying crop rotation N → rotación f de cultivos
crop sprayer N (= device) → fumigadora f (de cultivos), sulfatadora f; (= plane) → avión m fumigador
crop spraying N → fumigación f aérea, aerofumigación f (de cultivos)
crop out VI + ADV (Geol) → aflorar
crop up VI + ADV
1. (Geol) → aflorar
2. (fig) (= arise) → surgir, presentarse
something must have cropped up → habrán tenido algún problema, habrá pasado or surgido algo
the subject cropped up during the conversation → el tema surgió durante la conversación
something must have cropped up → habrán tenido algún problema, habrá pasado or surgido algo
the subject cropped up during the conversation → el tema surgió durante la conversación
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
crop
[ˈkrɒp] n
(= group) [students, young players] → génération f
the cream of the crop (= pick of the bunch) → le dessus du panier
the cream of the crop (= pick of the bunch) → le dessus du panier
(also riding crop) → cravache f
[bird] → jabot m
vt
[animal] [+ grass] → brouter
something has cropped up → il y a eu un imprévucrop circle n → cercle m dans les blés (que certains attribuent à des interventions extra-terrestres)
crop up
vi [problem, question, issue] → se présenter; [subject] → survenir; [word, name] → être mentionné(e)something has cropped up → il y a eu un imprévucrop circle n → cercle m dans les blés (que certains attribuent à des interventions extra-terrestres)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
crop
n
(= produce) → Ernte f; (= species grown) → (Feld)frucht f, → Nutzpflanze; (fig: = large number) → Schwung m; the cereal crops were destroyed → die Getreideernte wurde zerstört; the barley crop is looking good → die Gerste steht gut; a good crop of fruit/potatoes → eine gute Obst-/Kartoffelernte; the beef crop → die Rindfleischproduktion; to be in or under/out of crop → bebaut/nicht bebaut sein; he grows a different crop every year → er baut jedes Jahr etwas anderes an; to bring the crops in → die Ernte einbringen; a crop of students/problems (inf) → eine Reihe von Studenten/Problemen
(of bird) → Kropf m
vt hair → stutzen; horse’s or dog’s tail also → kupieren; her husband was cropped from the photograph → ihr Mann war auf dem Foto weggeschnitten; it’s best to keep the grass cropped short → man sollte das Gras kurz halten; the goat cropped the grass → die Ziege fraß das Gras ab; cropped hair, hair cropped short → kurz geschnittenes Haar
crop
:crop circle
n → Kornkreis m
crop-dusting
n → Schädlingsbekämpfung f (aus dem Flugzeug)
crop failure
n → Missernte f
crop
:crop rotation
n → Fruchtwechsel m
crop-sprayer
n (= person) → Schädlingsbekämpfer(in) m(f); (= plane) → Schädlingsbekämpfungsflugzeug nt; (= tractor) → Schädlingsbekämpfungsfahrzeug nt, → Besprühungsfahrzeug nt
crop-spraying
n → Schädlingsbekämpfung f (durch Besprühen)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
crop
[krɒp]1. n
crop up vi + adv (fig) (arise) → sorgere, presentarsi
something must have cropped up → dev'essere capitato or successo qualcosa
something must have cropped up → dev'essere capitato or successo qualcosa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crop
(krop) noun1. a plant which is farmed and harvested. a fine crop of rice; We grow a variety of crops, including cabbages, wheat and barley.
2. a short whip used when horse-riding.
3. a (short) haircut. a crop of red hair.
4. (of certain birds) the first stomach, which hangs like a bag from the neck.
verb – past tense, past participle cropped – to cut or nibble short. The sheep crop the grass.
crop up to happen unexpectedly. I'm sorry I'm late, but something important cropped up.
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crop
→ مَحْصُول plodina afgrøde Feldfrucht συγκομιδή cosecha, cultivo vilja cultures usjev raccolto 農作物 농작물 gewas avling uprawa colheita урожай skörd ผลผลิต ürün cây trồng 农作物Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009