crop

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: krŏp, IPA ^(key): /krɒp/, SAMPA: /krQp/
• (US) enPR: kräp, IPA ^(key): /krɑp/, SAMPA: /krAp/

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Noun

Singular crop

Plural crops

1. (countable) A plant that is grown on a farm.

   Our farm's crops are corn, apples and potatoes.

Verb

Plain form crop

Third-person singular crops

Past tense cropped

Past participle cropped

Present participle cropping

1. (transitive) To cut off the edges of a picture.

   I cropped the picture to a size of 4 centimetres by 5 centimetres.

2. (transitive) To cut off the top of something, often a plant.
3. (transitive) To cut hair short.