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Definition of Crop
Pronunciation: krǒpt | n. | 1. | The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw. | | 2. | The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. | | 3. | That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest. | | 4. | Grain or other product of the field while standing. | | 5. | Anything cut off or gathered. | | 6. | Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop. | | 7. | (Arch.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. | | 8. | (Mining.) Tin ore prepared for smelting. | | 9. | A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. | | v. t. | 1. | To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. | | 2. | Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest. | | 3. | To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field. | | 4. | to cut off an unnecessary portion at the edges; - of photographs and other two-dimensional images; as, to crop her photograph up to the shoulders. | | v. i. | 1. | To yield harvest. |
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