Meaning of 'crop'

noun

a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

Synonyms: craw

noun

the stock or handle of a whip

noun

the output of something in a season

Example: "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"

noun

a collection of people or things appearing together

Example: "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"

noun

a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

noun

the yield from plants in a single growing season

Synonyms: harvest

verb

to cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

Example: "I cropped the trees."

Synonyms: clip

verb

to cut short

Example: "I wanted my hair cropped short."

Synonyms: shortened sawed-off sawn-off

verb

to feed as in a meadow or pasture

Synonyms: graze

verb

to let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

Synonyms: graze

verb

to yield crops

Example: "This land crops well"

verb

to prepare for crops

Synonyms: work