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- Dictionarycrop/krɒp/
noun
- 1. a cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable: "the main crops were oats and barley"
- 2. a group or amount of related people or things appearing or occurring at one time: "the current crop of politicians" Similar
verb
- 1. cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short: "she cropped her long golden hair" Similar
- 2. (of an animal) bite off and eat the tops of (plants): "the horse was gratefully cropping the grass" Similar
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The meaning of CROP is a pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration; also : an enlargement of the digestive tract of another animal (such as an insect). How to use crop in a sentence.
CROP definition: 1. (the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large…. Learn more.
a plant such as a grain, vegetable, or fruit grown in large amounts on a farm, or the total amount gathered of such a plant: Apple growers celebrated their biggest crop ever last year. A crop is also any group of similar things or people: We’ve got a new crop of students coming in every year.
Crop definition: the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered. See examples of CROP used in a sentence.
Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food. Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand. The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes. 2. See also cash crop. 3. countable noun B1+.
the amount of plants of a particular type that are produced at one time: We had a record crop of grapes this year. a crop of sth. a group of the same type of things or people that exist at the same time: He's one of the current crop of young Italian artists. See also.
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 crop is a large amount of one kind of fruit or vegetable that's grown on a farm. Your farmer uncle's corn crop might be especially large after a summer with plenty of rain. A major crop in parts of Asia is rice, while the coffee bean crop is important to the economics of several African and South American countries.
Crop definition: the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered. See examples of CROP used in a sentence.
CROP meaning: 1 : a plant or plant product that is grown by farmers sometimes used before another noun; 2 : the amount of a crop that is gathered at one time or in one season
