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- [krop]
- /krɒp/
- /krɒp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [krop]
- /krɒp/
Definitions of crop word
- countable noun crop Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food. 3
- countable noun crop The plants or fruits that are collected at harvest time are referred to as a crop. 3
- singular noun crop You can refer to a group of people or things that have appeared together as a crop of people or things. 3
- verb crop When a plant crops, it produces fruits or parts which people want. 3
- verb crop When you crop something that you have planted, you collect the fruits or parts that you want from it. 3
- verb crop When an animal such as a cow or horse crops leaves or plants, it eats them. 3
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Origin of crop
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English: “sprout, ear of wheat (or other grain), paunch, crown of a tree”; cognate with German Kropf; see croup2
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Parts of speech for Crop
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
crop popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
crop usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crop
noun crop
- output — the act of turning out; production: the factory's output of cars; artistic output.
- product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- produce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
- vintage — the wine from a particular harvest or crop.
verb crop
- shave — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- prune — a variety of plum that dries without spoiling.
- shear — to cut (something).
- mow — Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.
- chop — If you chop something, you cut it into pieces with strong downward movements of a knife or an axe.
Antonyms for crop
verb crop
- lengthen — to make longer; make greater in length.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- connect — If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
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