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Meaning of crop in English

crop
noun
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/krɑːp/

crop noun (PLANT)

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(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in large amounts:
The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice.
bumper crop a bumper (= very good) potato crop
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crop noun (GROUP)

[ C usually singular ] informal
a group of people or things with something in common, that exist at a particular time:
crop of The judges will select the best from this year's crop of first novels.
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Groups and collections of things
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crop noun (HAIRSTYLE)

[ C ]
a short hairstyle:
Her hair was cut in a short crop.
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crop noun (THROAT)

[ C ]
a part of the throat in many birds where food is stored before going into the stomach
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The head & neck of non-human animals
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crop noun (STICK)

[ C ]
a short stick used to control a horse by hitting it
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Horse riding
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crop noun (CLOTHING)

[ C ]
a crop top
 
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crop
verb
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crop verb (CUT)

[ T ]
to make something shorter or smaller, especially by cutting:
He had his hair cropped when he went into the army.
[ T ]
When animals such as sheep or horses crop grass or other plants, they eat the top parts.
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to remove some or all of the edges from a picture, leaving only the most important part:
He cropped the photo so that only the face remained.
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Cutting and stabbing
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crop verb (PLANT)

[ I usually + adv/prep ]
If a plant crops, it produces fruit, flowers, etc.:
The carrots have cropped well (= produced a lot of carrots) this year.
[ T usually passive ]
to grow crops on land:
The land is intensively cropped.
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Phrasal verb

crop up
(Definition of crop from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

crop | American Dictionary

crop
noun [ C ]
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/krɑp/

crop noun [C] (PLANT)

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a plant such as a grain, vegetable, or fruit grown in large amounts on a farm, or the total amount gathered of such a plant:
Apple growers celebrated their biggest crop ever last year.
A crop is also any group of similar things or people:
We’ve got a new crop of students coming in every year.
crop
verb [ T ]
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crop verb [T] (CUT)

to cut something to make it shorter:
The brothers both had their hair cropped.

Phrasal verb

crop up
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crop | Business English

crop
noun [ C ]
  PRODUCTION
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a plant that is grown in large quantities, especially for food:
The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice.
crop production.
Genetically modified crops continue to be controversial.
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cash crop
subsistence crop
the total amount of a crop that is collected in one season:
Last year there was a bumper crop of maize (= a very large one).
(Definition of crop from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of crop

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The first is an introduction to vegetable crops and diseases where the general background to pathogens and their significance to vegetable production are considered.
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The implications of restricting use of fertilizer nitrogen for the productivity of arable crops, their profitability and potential pollution by nitrate.
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The effect of cropping sequences and rotational management : an economic comparison of conventional, integrated and organic systems.
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Interestingly non-adopters reported a much greater (but not statistically significant) level of income from non-cotton crops compared to adopters.
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0.75), being 0.139 and 0.135 t/ha per year for rain-fed and irrigated crops, respectively.
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Grasslands also improve organic matter, utilized by crops and a range of plants used as medicines.
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Second, intensification of food crops often leads to the release of land, water and labour resources for on-farm diversification.
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At medium intensity or cropping this system is thus recommendable to land-constrained poor farmers who do not use external inputs such as fertilizer.
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However, in the present experiments, differences in egg-to-larva mortalities between cropping patterns were not significant.
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Raw materials, for example, can be located far away, or crops may not grow in certain climates or seasons.
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Indeed, in most cases, major crops were divided in half, but with a lot of exceptions.
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Collection sites refer to: 1, intensive crops; 2, gardens or natural habitat; n. t., not tested.
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However, it is less likely to benefit crops such as sunflower and cotton that have been shown to be as attractive to ovipositing females.
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The implications of the results of this study for biological control in ornamental crops are discussed.
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Large numbers on the crops do not in themselves account for the peaks in flight activity shown on certain days and dates.
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Collocations with crop

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abundant crop
In 2004, the second season of research, the results of the propagation research yielded a more reliable and abundant crop.
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agricultural crop
Assessing sensitivity of agricultural crop varieties.
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alternative crop
Recent increases in non-renewable energy costs, however, may mean farmers will consider alternative crop production systems that require fewer energy inputs, such as forage-based rotations94.
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Translations of crop

in Chinese (Traditional)
植物, 莊稼，作物, 收成，收穫量…
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植物, 庄稼，作物, 收成，收获量…
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cultivo, buche, cultivo [masculine]…
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cultura, colheita, safra…
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मोठ्या प्रमाणात पिकवलेले धान्य, फळे किंवा भाजीपाला यासारख्या वनस्पतीची (एकूण रक्कम)…
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農作物, 農作物（のうさくもつ）, 短（みじか）く刈（か）る…
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ürün, tahıl, kırpmak…
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culture [feminine], couper court, récolte…
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gewas, rijzweep, kortgeknipt haar…
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(சேகரிக்கப்பட்ட மொத்த அளவு) ஒரே பயிரில் அதிக அளவில் வளரக்கூடிய ஒரு தானியங்கள், பழம் அல்லது காய்கறி போன்றவை…
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(बड़े स्तर पर उगाए गए अनाज, फल, सब्ज़ियों की कुल) फसल…
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પાક…
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afgrøde, høst, kort ridepisk…
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skörd, gröda, ridspö…
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tanaman, cemeti pendek, rambut pendek…
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die Ernte, die Feldfrucht, die Reitpeitsche…
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nyttevekst [masculine], avling [masculine], beskjære…
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فصل, پیداوار…
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урожай, пужално, коротко пострижене волосся…
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úroda, plodina, bičík…
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hasil panen, cambuk, potongan rambut…
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ผลผลิตที่เก็บเกี่ยว, แส้, ทรงผมแบบสั้น…
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vụ mùa, tay cầm của roi da, kiểu cắt tóc ngắn…
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roślina uprawna, zbiór, plon…
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