crop or cut off the ears of

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• crop — [kräp] n. [ME croppe < OE croppa, a cluster, flower, crop of bird, hence kidney, pebble; akin to Frank * kruppa, Ger kropf, a swelling, crop of bird (basic sense “something swelling out or swollen”) < IE * gr eu b , curving out < base *… …   English World dictionary

• crop — cropless, adj. /krop/, n., v., cropped or (Archaic) cropt; cropping. n. 1. the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop. 2. the yield of such produce for a particular season. 3. the yield of some other… …   Universalium

• crop — /krɒp / (say krop) noun 1. the cultivated produce of the ground, as grain or fruit, while growing or when gathered. 2. the yield of such produce for a particular season. 3. the yield of some other product in a season: the lamb crop. 4. a supply… …  

• crop — [[t]krɒp[/t]] n. v. cropped, crop•ping 1) agr. the cultivated produce of the ground, while growing or when gathered: the wheat crop[/ex] 2) agr. the yield of such produce in one season 3) the yield of any product in a season 4) a group of persons …   From formal English to slang

• crop — n. & v. n. 1 a the produce of cultivated plants, esp. cereals. b the season s total yield of this (a good crop). 2 a group or an amount produced or appearing at one time (this year s crop of students). 3 (in full hunting crop) the stock or handle …   Useful english dictionary

• crop — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English cropp craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw Date: before 12th century 1. a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• crop-eared — adjective historical 1》 having the tops of the ears cut off. 2》 (especially of a Roundhead in the English Civil War) having the hair cut very short …   English new terms dictionary

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