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C0759400 (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.1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.2. To plant, grow, or yield a crop.Phrasal Verb: 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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(krɒp) n1. (Agriculture) the produce of cultivated plants, esp cereals, vegetables, and fruit2. (Agriculture) a. the amount of such produce in any particular seasonb. 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 whip5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) short for riding crop6. (Zoology) a. a pouchlike expanded part of the oesophagus of birds, in which food is stored or partially digested before passing on to the gizzardb. a similar structure in insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates7. (Tanning) the entire tanned hide of an animal8. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a short cropped hairstyle. See also Eton crop9. (Agriculture) a notch in or a piece cut out of the ear of an animal10. the act of croppingvb (mainly tr) , crops, cropping or cropped11. to cut (hair, grass, etc) very short12. (Agriculture) to cut and collect (mature produce) from the land or plant on which it has been grown13. (Agriculture) to clip part of (the ear or ears) of (an animal), esp as a means of identification14. (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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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]

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.

crop

Past participle: cropped
Gerund: cropping

Imperative
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Present
I crop
you crop
he/she/it crops
we crop
you crop
they crop

Preterite
I cropped
you cropped
he/she/it cropped
we cropped
you cropped
they cropped

Present Continuous
I am cropping
you are cropping
he/she/it is cropping
we are cropping
you are cropping
they are cropping

Present Perfect
I have cropped
you have cropped
he/she/it has cropped
we have cropped
you have cropped
they have cropped

Past Continuous
I was cropping
you were cropping
he/she/it was cropping
we were cropping
you were cropping
they were cropping

Past Perfect
I had cropped
you had cropped
he/she/it had cropped
we had cropped
you had cropped
they had cropped

Future
I will crop
you will crop
he/she/it will crop
we will crop
you will crop
they will crop

Future Perfect
I will have cropped
you will have cropped
he/she/it will have cropped
we will have cropped
you will have cropped
they will have cropped

Future Continuous
I will be cropping
you will be cropping
he/she/it will be cropping
we will be cropping
you will be cropping
they will be cropping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cropping
you have been cropping
he/she/it has been cropping
we have been cropping
you have been cropping
they have been cropping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cropping
you will have been cropping
he/she/it will have been cropping
we will have been cropping
you will have been cropping
they will have been cropping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cropping
you had been cropping
he/she/it had been cropping
we had been cropping
you had been cropping
they had been cropping

Conditional
I would crop
you would crop
he/she/it would crop
we would crop
you would crop
they would crop

Past Conditional
I would have cropped
you would have cropped
he/she/it would have cropped
we would have cropped
you would have cropped
they would have cropped

Crop

1. Another name for a fowl’s Craw.2. A short riding whip.3. Any plant grown extensively for food or profit.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crop - the yield from plants in a single growing seasonharvestyield, output - production of a certain amountfruitage - the yield of fruit; "a tree highly recommended for its fruitage"
	2.	crop - a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scaleplant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotioncash 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 seasoncover crop - crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manurefield 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 whiphandgrip, 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 foodcrawstomach, 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"cultivate, workfarming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockgear 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"knead, work - make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"overcrop, overcultivate - to exhaust by excessive cultivation; "the farmers overcropped the land"
	3.	crop - yield crops; "This land crops well"bear, turn out - bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
	4.	crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadowpasture, grazeanimal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementfeed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"grass - feed with grassgraze, pasture, browse, crop, range - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"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"graze, pasture, browse, rangeeat, 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"pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
	6.	crop - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"prune, snip, lop, cut back, clip, trim, dressthin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants"shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges"pollard, poll - convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"pinch, top - cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers

crop

noun1. yield, produce, gathering, fruits, harvest, vintage, reaping, season's growth a fine crop of apples2. batch, set, lot, pack, collection, bunch, group the present crop of books and documentaries on Marilyn Monroe3. whip, stick, switch, cane She grabbed her riding hat and crop and led the way out.verb1. harvest, pick, collect, gather, bring in, reap, bring home, garner, mow I started cropping my beans in July.2. graze, eat, browse, feed on, nibble I let the horse drop his head to crop the grass.3. cut, reduce, trim, clip, dock, prune, shorten, shear, snip, pare, lop She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde.crop up (Informal) happen, appear, emerge, occur, arise, turn up, spring up As we get older health problems often crop up.

crop

nounThe produce harvested from the land:fruit, fruitage, harvest, yield.verb1. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:chop, clip, cut, cut back, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate.2. To collect ripe crops:garner, gather, harvest, pick, reap.

Translations

农作物剪短啃吃啮草嗉囊

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.农作物2. a short whip used when horse-riding. 赶马用的短鞭3. a (short) haircut. a crop of red hair. （发式）平头 4. (of certain birds) the first stomach, which hangs like a bag from the neck. （鸟的）嗉囊 verb – past tense, past participle cropped – to cut or nibble short. The sheep crop the grass. 剪短，啃吃，啮草 crop up to happen unexpectedly. I'm sorry I'm late, but something important cropped up. （问题等）突然发生

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neck and crop

Totally and completely, often abruptly. I can't believe you're just going to stop financially supporting me neck and crop! How am I supposed to buy groceries this week? Even though they got an early lead, we came back and beat them neck and crop!See also: and, crop, neck

the cream of the crop

The best of a particular group. We need to draft this player—he's definitely the cream of the crop. These delicious strawberries are the cream of the crop.See also: cream, crop, of

crop out

1. To adjust the borders of an image (often a photograph) so that someone or something is removed from it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "crop" and "out." I think the picture will look better if you crop out those trashcans in the background. Wow, I look terrible in that photo. Please crop me out!2. To become exposed or reach the surface, as of a physical object. Look at this layer of rock that has cropped out!3. By extension, to become overt or noticeable, as of an emotion or concept. I knew my fears would crop out before I could actually jump from the plane.See also: crop, out

crop up

To suddenly occur or become noticeable. I knew my fears would crop up before I could actually jump from the plane. Problems always seem to crop up when we're about to go away on vacation.See also: crop, up

good seed makes a good crop

Favorable raw materials will produce a favorable end result or product. I only use the finest ingredients when I bake. Good seed makes a good crop, you know. Of course she's a sweet girl—her parents are very nice, and good seed makes a good crop.See also: crop, good, make, seed

cream of the crop

Fig. the best of all. This particular car is the cream of the crop. These three students are very bright. They are the cream of the crop in their class.See also: cream, crop, of

crop out

to appear on the surface; [for something] to reveal itself in the open; to begin to show above the surface. A layer of rock cropped out at the edges of the desert.See also: crop, out

crop someone or something out

[for a photographer] to cut or trim out someone or something from a photograph. The photographer cropped Mr. Jones out of the picture. See if you can crop out the ugly fence at the side of the house.See also: crop, out

crop up

to appear without warning; to happen suddenly; [for something] to begin to reveal itself in the open. Some new problems cropped up at the last minute.See also: crop, up

Good seed makes a good crop.

Prov. Starting with good materials will help you get good results. Jill: Elsie and Jim are going to have a baby. Jane: I'm sure it will be a good child, since they're both such good people. Good seed makes a good crop. I am sure Robert's business will flourish. He's capable and honest, and good seed makes a good crop.See also: crop, good, make, seed

cream of the crop, the

The best or choicest of anything, as in The apples from this orchard are definitely the cream of the crop. The noun cream has been used to mean "the best" since the 16th century. The French equivalent of the present term, la crème de la crème ("the cream of the cream") was familiar in English by 1800. See also: cream, of

crop out

Rise to the surface, become visible or evident, as in These superstitions crop out time and again. This term originated in mining, where a stratum or vein of ore is said to crop out when it comes to the surface. [Mid-1800s] See also: crop, out

crop up

Appear unexpectedly or occasionally, as in One theory that crops up periodically is the influence of sunspots on stock prices, or We hope new talent will crop up in the next freshman class. [Mid-1800s] See also: crop, up

the cream of the crop

If you talk about the cream of the crop, you mean the best people or things in a particular set or group. The first Midlands media degree show features the cream of the crop of this year's graduates in photography, film, and video. They are among the cream of the crop of emerging architects in Scotland.See also: cream, crop, of

the cream of the crop

the very best of a particular type; the crème de la crème .See also: cream, crop, of

the ˌcream of the ˈcrop

the best people or things in a particular group: Only the cream of the crop of the year’s movies are nominated for an award. The cream of something is the best of a group or people or things.See also: cream, crop, of

crop up

v. To happen or appear, often unexpectedly: Errors have cropped up in the report despite all our proofreading.See also: crop, up

cream of the crop, the

The very best of all. Cream is, of course, the richest part of milk and rises to the top. It was transferred to mean the best of any collective entity by the seventeenth century. John Ray, for example, included “That’s the cream of the jest” in his collection of English proverbs (1678). The exact locution involving the best of the crop was no doubt adopted for its alliterative appeal. The French version, la crème de la crème, literally “the cream of the cream,” meaning the best of the best, was well known in English by 1800 or so and also is considered a cliché. It gained new impetus in Muriel Spark’s novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, first made into a play, then a motion picture (1969), in which the schoolteacher-heroine assures her students that they will, under her tutelage, become the crème de la crème.See also: cream, of

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noun yield

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noun batch

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noun whip

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verb harvest

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verb graze

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verb cut

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phrase crop up

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noun the produce harvested from the land

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verb to decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising

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verb to collect ripe crops

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noun the yield from plants in a single growing season

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noun a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

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noun a collection of people or things appearing together

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noun the output of something in a season

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noun the stock or handle of a whip

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

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verb cut short

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