crops Meaning & Definition
/kɹɒps/
What Does Crops Mean?
Crops is used as a noun meaning plural of crop. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of crop. As a verb, it means To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
Crops in Brief
| Part of speech | noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //kɹɒps// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | craw, harvest and yield |
Crops Definition (Noun)
- plural of crop
Crops as a Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of crop
Noun
- A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
the farmer had lots of crops to sell at the market
- The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
it was a good crop of lambs that year
- A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
a crop of ideas
- A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease
Like in chicken pox.
- The lashing end of a whip
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
- A rocky outcrop.
- The act of cropping.
- A photograph or other image that has been reduced by removing the outer parts.
- A short haircut.
- A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw.
- The foliate part of a finial.
- The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
- Tin ore prepared for smelting.
- Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
- An entire oxhide.
Verb
- To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- To mow, reap or gather.
- To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
- To yield harvest.
- To cause to bear a crop.
to crop a field
Synonyms of Crops
Crops synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Crops
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Crops in a Sentence
the farmer had lots of crops to sell at the market
it was a good crop of lambs that year
a crop of ideas
Like in chicken pox.
to crop a field
Word Forms & Grammar
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Words That Rhyme With Crops
Pronouncing Crops
The standard pronunciation of crops is //kɹɒps//, spoken in 1 syllable.