Skip to content

crop

/kɹɑp/noun, verb1 syllable

Crop means: feed as in a meadow or pasture.

Synonyms for crop21

noun, as in the yield from plants in a single growing season

harvest

noun, as in a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

craw

verb, as in feed as in a meadow or pasture

browse, graze, range, pasture

verb, as in cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

snip, clip, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

verb, as in let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

graze, pasture, browse, range

verb, as in prepare for crops

cultivate, work, knead

also used for crop

yield, hunting crop, riding crop, whip, bat

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does crop mean?12

verb

1

feed as in a meadow or pasture“the herd was grazing”

2

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of“dress the plants in the garden”

3

let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

4

prepare for crops“Work the soil”

5

cut short“She wanted her hair cropped short”

6

yield crops“This land crops well”

noun

1

the yield from plants in a single growing season

2

a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

3

a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

4

a collection of people or things appearing together“the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas”

5

the output of something in a season“the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores”

6

the stock or handle of a whip

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with crop?16

two syllables

atopnonstop
Show 40 near rhymes
onwasarenotwantgotpartlotgodstarthardfarjobcarlargejohncausewatchheartartnonmarchcostwantsshotstarhotparkmomuponinvolvedpartslamarkboxcarddarkresponserockcharge

Crop in a sentence

  • The effects were widespread, causing unseasonable weather, crop failures, and famine throughout the world.pip
  • Iran's agricultural sector has been affected by pests and diseases, leading to crop losses.Amastan
  • Owing to lack of water, we had a poor crop.sundown
  • The rice crop was poor, owing to the floods.unknown
  • Compared with last year, this year's crops are much better.CK
  • An enormous number of insects hatched this year, wreaking havoc on crops.ari_diary
  • On hot days like this, the sun withers crops and cracks the earth.Hybrid
  • They did not have permanent homes, so they did not plant crops for food.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of crop

as a noun

plural
crops

as a verb

past tense
cropped
present participle
cropping
third-person singular
crops
past participle
cropped