A crop is a group of plants grown in fields. Farmers grow crops for food or to sell. Common crops include wheat, rice, and vegetables.
The farmer grows a big crop of wheat.
We eat many crops like rice and corn.
To crop means to cut part of something off. People crop pictures, plants, or hair to make them smaller or neater. It is a common verb often used for cutting.
She cropped the photo to make it smaller.
He cropped his hair very short last week.
A crop can also mean the total amount of plants or food collected from farming. It tells how much food is made in one farming time.
The crop this year was very good and large.
Farmers expect a big crop in autumn.
Crop can mean a hairstyle that is cut very short. It can also mean a piece of clothing that is cut short, like a crop top that shows the stomach.
He has a crop haircut now.
She wore a crop top to the party.
In photography or computers, crop means to cut part of a picture to make it smaller or to focus on one part. This is done to improve the image or remove unwanted parts.
I cropped the photo to remove the background.
You can crop pictures on your phone easily.
Crop can mean a small group of things like hair, feathers, or plants together. This meaning is less common but still used in certain contexts.
A crop of feathers fell on the floor.
He has a crop of soft hair on his head.
A crop is part of a bird’s body that holds food after eating. It helps soften food before the bird swallows it fully. This is a biological term.
The bird filled its crop before flying away.
Doves store seeds in their crop.
