Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - crop
Crop
crop
n. & v. --n. 1 a the produce of cultivated plants, esp. cereals. b the season's total yield of this (a good crop). 2 a group or an amount produced or appearing at one time (this year's crop of students). 3 (in full hunting crop) the stock or handle of a whip. 4 a a style of hair cut very short. b the cropping of hair. 5 Zool. a the pouch in a bird's gullet where food is prepared for digestion. b a similar organ in other animals. 6 the entire tanned hide of an animal. 7 a piece cut off or out of something. --v. (cropped, cropping) 1 tr. a cut off. b (of animals) bite off (the tops of plants). 2 tr. cut (hair, cloth, edges of a book, etc.) short. 3 tr. gather or reap (produce). 4 tr. (foll. by with) sow or plant (land) with a crop. 5 intr. (of land) bear a crop. Phrases and idioms crop-dusting the sprinkling of powdered insecticide or fertilizer on crops, esp. from the air. crop-eared having the ears (esp. of animals) or hair cut short. crop-full having a full crop or stomach. crop out Geol. appear at the surface. crop-over a W. Indian celebration marking the end of the sugar-cane harvest. crop up 1 (of a subject, circumstance, etc.) appear or come to one's notice unexpectedly. 2 Geol. appear at the surface. Etymology: OE crop(p)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English ~p craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw Date: before 12th century a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration, 2. a. a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence , the total yearly production from a specified area, the product or yield of something formed together , a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle , collection , the stock or handle of a whip, 4. ~ (II)] the part of the chine of a quadruped (as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers, an earmark on an animal, a close cut of the hair, II. verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to remove the upper or outer parts of , harvest , to cut off short ; trim , to cause (land) to bear a ~ , intransitive verb to feed by ~ping something, to yield or make a ~, to appear unexpectedly or casually ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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