crop

crop¹ W3 [krɔp US kra:p] n

[: Old English; Origin: cropp 'bird's crop, top part of a plant']

1.) a plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as food

→↑GM

▪ The main crops were oats and barley.

▪ crop production

▪ crops grown for market

→↑cash crop

2.) the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a season

= ↑harvest crop of

▪ this season's crop of quality pears

▪ Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop (=a very large amount of something produced in a season) .

▪ increased crop yields

3.) crop of sb/sth

a group of people that arrive or things that happen at the same time

crop of somebody/something of

▪ South Korea's present crop of elected politicians

4.) a short whip used in horseriding

5.) the part under a bird's throat where food is stored

6.) a very short ↑hairstyle

7.) crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc

hair that is short, thick, and attractive

▪ his reddish crop of shining hair

crop ²

crop² v past tense and past participle cropped present participle cropping

1.) [T]

to cut someone's hair short

▪ Stella had had her hair closely cropped .

2.) [T]

to cut a part off a photograph or picture so that it is a particular size or shape

3.) [T]

if an animal crops grass or other plants, it makes them short by eating them

4.) [i]BrE

if a plant crops, it produces fruit, grain etc

▪ My strawberries crop in June or July.

crop up phr v

1.) if a problem crops up, it happens or appears suddenly and in an unexpected way

= ↑arise

2.) if something such as a name or a subject crops up, it appears in something you read or hear

= ↑come up

▪ Your name kept cropping up in conversation.