CROP
noun
Definitions
- 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. [Obs.] "Crop and root." Chaucer.
- 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. Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop, Corn, wine, and oil. Milton.
- 4. Grain or other product of the field while standing.
- 5. Anything cut off or gathered. Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, It falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee. Dryden.
- 6. Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.
- 7. A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. [Obs.]
- 8. Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- 9. Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. Knight.
- 10. A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. Neck and crop, altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]
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Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025