crop

  • noun 1 a plant, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable, cultivated for food or other use. 2 an amount of a crop harvested at one time. 3 an amount of people or things appearing at one time: the current crop of politicians. 4 a very short hairstyle. 5 a riding crop or hunting crop. 6 a pouch in a bird’s gullet where food is stored or prepared for digestion.

  • verb (cropped, cropping) 1 cut very short or trim off the edges of. 2 (of an animal) bite off and eat the tops of (plants). 3 (crop up) appear or occur unexpectedly. 4 harvest (a crop) from an area. 5 sow or plant (land) with plants that will produce a crop.

  — ORIGIN Old English.

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