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crop noun 1 agric a plant that is cultivated to produce food for man, fodder for animals or raw materials, eg cereals, clover, barley, etc. 2 agric the total yield produced by or harvested from such a plant, or from a certain area of cultivated land, such as a field. 3 a batch; a bunch • this year's crop of graduates. 4 a very short style of haircut. 5 a a whip handle; b a horserider's short whip. 6 zool in the gullet of birds: the thin-walled pouch where food is stored before it is digested. Also called craw. verb (cropped, cropping) 1 to trim; to cut short. 2 said of animals: to feed on grass, etc. 3 to reap or harvest a cultivated crop. 4 intrans said of land: to produce a crop.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon cropp.