crop

[[t]krɒp[/t]]

n. v. cropped, crop•ping

1) agr. the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered:

the wheat crop[/ex]

2) agr. the yield of such produce in one season

3) the yield of any product in a season

4) a group of persons or things appearing or occurring together:

the new crop of freshmen[/ex]

5) the stock or handle of a whip

6) a short riding whip consisting of a stock without a lash

7) anat. zool.

a) a pouch in the esophagus of many birds, in which food is held for later digestion or for regurgitation to nestlings

b) a chamber in the foregut of some annelids and insects for holding and crushing food

8) a mark produced by clipping the ears, as of cattle

9) clo a close cutting of something, as the hair

10) to cut or bite off the top of (a plant, grass, etc.):

sheep cropping the grass[/ex]

11) to cut off the ends or a part of:

to crop the ears of a dog[/ex]

12) to cut short

13) pht to trim (a photographic print or negative)

14) to cause to bear a crop

15) to yield a crop

16) ahb. to feed by cropping or grazing

17) phv crop out

a) gel to rise to the surface of the ground:

Veins of quartz crop out in the canyon walls[/ex]

b) to occur

18) phv crop up, to appear, esp. suddenly or unexpectedly

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME, OE: sprout, ear of corn, paunch, crown of a tree, c. MD, MLGkropp, OHG kropf, ONkroppr; cf. croup II