Meaning & use
crop
A cultivated plant grown in large quantities, especially one harvested for food or profit.
See it in a sentence
Farmers rotate their crops each season to keep the soil healthy.
A late frost destroyed much of the region's wheat crop.
A note on using this word
Crop is also a common verb meaning to cut off part of an image or to trim hair or plants short.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To cut off the edges of a photograph or image, or to trim something short.
She cropped the photo so only her friend's face was visible.
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