English dictionary
crop
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
noun
- the stock or handle of a whip
noun
- the output of something in a season
noun
- a collection of people or things appearing together
noun
- a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
noun
- the yield from plants in a single growing season
verb
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
verb
- cut short
verb
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
verb
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
verb
- yield crops
verb
- prepare for crops
Example sentences
the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores
the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas
dress the plants in the garden
She wanted her hair cropped short
the herd was grazing
This land crops well
Work the soil
cultivate the land