Meaning of crop In English

• 0 (the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large amounts:

  • The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice.

  • a bumper (= very good) potato crop

• 1 a group of people or things with something in common, that exist at a particular time:

  • The judges will select the best from this year's crop of first novels.

• 2 a short hairstyle:

  • Her hair was cut in a short crop.

• 3 a part of the throat in many birds where food is stored before going into the stomach

• 4 a short stick used to control a horse by hitting it

• 5 to make something shorter or smaller, especially by cutting:

  • He had his hair cropped when he went into the army.

  • He cropped the photo so that only the face remained.

• 6 If a plant crops, it produces fruit, flowers, etc.:

  • The carrots have cropped (= grown) well this year.

  • The land is intensively cropped.

• 7 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.

  • We’ve got a new crop of students coming in every year.

• 8 to cut something to make it shorter:

  • The brothers both had their hair cropped.

• 9 a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially for food:

  • The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice.

  • crop production.

  • Genetically modified crops continue to be controversial.

• 10 the total amount of a crop that is collected in one season:

  • Last year there was a bumper crop of maize (= a very large one).