crop
/kɹɑp/ verb C2- To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- To mow, reap or gather.
- To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- To yield harvest.
- To cause to bear a crop. · to crop a field
- To beat with a crop, or riding-whip.
He/she/it crops · Past cropped · Past participle cropped · -ing form cropping
Verb forms
- Base form
- crop
- He/she/it
- crops
- Past
- cropped
- Past participle
- cropped
- -ing form
- cropping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“You are gathering your crop, sir?” said Monte Cristo, smiling.
A WALNUT TREE standing by the roadside bore an abundant crop of fruit.
The brood had almost grown to their full strength and attained the use of their wings and the full plumage of their feathers, when the owner of the field, looking over his ripe crop, said, “The time has come when I must ask all my neighbors to help me with my harvest.” One of the young Larks heard his speech and related it to his mother, inquiring of her to what place they should move for safety.
They found no treasure, but the vines repaid their labor by an extraordinary and superabundant crop.
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