| crop | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. crop, harvest | the yield from plants in a single growing season. |
| ~ yield, output | production of a certain amount. |
| ~ fruitage | the yield of fruit.; "a tree highly recommended for its fruitage" |
| n. (plant) | 2. crop | a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale. |
| ~ plant life, flora, plant | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion. |
| ~ cash crop | a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco). |
| ~ catch crop | a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season. |
| ~ cover crop | crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure. |
| ~ field crop | a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes.; "cotton, hay, and grain are field crops" |
| ~ root crop | crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips. |
| n. (group) | 3. crop | a collection of people or things appearing together.; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. crop | the output of something in a season.; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" |
| ~ end product, output | final product; the things produced. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. crop | the stock or handle of a whip. |
| ~ handgrip, handle, grip, hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" |
| ~ whip | an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping. |
| n. (animal) | 6. craw, crop | a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food. |
| ~ stomach, tum, breadbasket, tummy | an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion. |
| v. (contact) | 7. crop | cut short.; "She wanted her hair cropped short" |
| ~ cut | shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of.; "cut my hair" |
| v. (creation) | 8. crop, cultivate, work | prepare for crops.; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" |
| ~ knead, work | make uniform.; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" |
| ~ overcrop, overcultivate | to exhaust by excessive cultivation.; "the farmers overcropped the land" |
| v. (creation) | 9. crop | yield crops.; "This land crops well" |
| ~ bear, turn out | bring forth,.; "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" |
| v. (contact) | 10. crop, graze, pasture | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ feed, give | give food to.; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
| ~ grass | feed with grass. |
| ~ graze, browse, pasture, crop, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| ~ drift | drive slowly and far afield for grazing.; "drift the cattle herds westwards" |
| v. (contact) | 11. browse, crop, graze, pasture, range | feed as in a meadow or pasture.; "the herd was grazing" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
| ~ range | let eat.; "range the animals in the prairie" |
| ~ pasture, graze, crop | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow. |
| v. (contact) | 12. clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.; "dress the plants in the garden" |
| ~ thin out | make sparse.; "thin out the young plants" |
| ~ shear | cut with shears.; "shear hedges" |
| ~ pollard, poll | convert into a pollard.; "pollard trees" |
| ~ pinch, top | cut the top off.; "top trees and bushes" |
| ~ disbud | thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers. |
| fruitage | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. fruitage | the yield of fruit.; "a tree highly recommended for its fruitage" |
| ~ crop, harvest | the yield from plants in a single growing season. |
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