1. (n.) The pouch like enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.
2. (n.) The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree.
3. (n.) That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single field, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest.
4. (n.) Grain or other product of the field while standing.
5. (n.) Anything cut off or gathered.
6. (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.
7. (n.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial.
8. (n.) Tin ore prepared for smelting.
9. (n.) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
10. (n.) A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash.
11. (v. t.) To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
12. (v. t.) Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
13. (v. t.) To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
14. (v. i.) To yield harvest.
Thesaurus Entries
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