Definition: 1. A plant that is grown in large quantities, especially as food. 2. The output of something in a season. 3. The stock or handle of a whip. 4. A short hairstyle.
Use 'crop' in a sentence:
1. Several key crops failed when they were attacked by pests.
2. The birds also attack crops when the opportunity arises.
3. You cannot grow crops on exhausted land.
4. The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes.
5. A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export.
6. He raises crops mainly for the use of his family.
7. The crops will not grow on exposed hillsides.
8. He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running.
9. Cowpeas are an important crop in many African countries.
10. We are looking forward to a bumper crop (= a very large one).
11. His name has cropped up at every selection meeting this season.
12. He had a thick crop of black curly hair.
13. She had her long hair cut into a boyish crop.
14. The present crop of books and documentaries about Marilyn Monroe exploit the thirtieth anniversary of her death.
15. Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand.
16. He can't get a good price for his crops.
17. The staple crop is rice.
18. These insects can wreak havoc on crops.
19. The crop failure spelt disaster for many farmers.
20. She cropped her hair and dyed it blonde.
21. She is really the cream of the crop.
22. In fact many food crops failed because of the drought.
23. Crops grown for market.
24. The US government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year.
25. Cranberries are a major cash crop in New Jersey.
26. Some of the food crops failed. However, the cotton did quite well.
27. The main crops were oats and barley.
28. Dig over any ground that is clear of crops and plants.
29. A fall in this year's coffee crop.
30. The river valley is intensively cropped.
31. Problems will crop up and hit you before you are ready.
32. Her husband was cropped from the photograph.
33. Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit.
34. Next year's crop of undergraduates opting to take physics represents just 2 per cent of all undergraduates.
35. The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticides.
36. I started cropping my beans in July.
37. The crops are regularly sprayed with pesticide.
38. The crops failed again last summer.
39. Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year.
40. The potatoes cropped well this year.
41. I'll be late ─ something's cropped up at home.
42. Sugar is an important crop on the island.
43. It might be possible to extend the technique to other crop plants.
44. I let the horse drop his head to crop the spring grass.
45. I decided to crop the picture just above the water line.
