American English pronunciation
How to pronounce crops
IPA transcription: [k'ɹɑps]
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Noun
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the yield from plants in a single growing season
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a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
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a collection of people or things appearing together
“the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas”
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the output of something in a season
“the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores”
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the stock or handle of a whip
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a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
Verb
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prepare for crops
“Work the soil”
“cultivate the land”
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feed as in a meadow or pasture
“the herd was grazing”
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cut short
“She wanted her hair cropped short”
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yield crops
“This land crops well”
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let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
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cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
“dress the plants in the garden”
Usage examples
- He also introduced new crops and new techniques in agriculture, fishing, and animal husbandry.
- The surrounding areas produce wheat and other cereal crops.
- A man in suspenders bales crops near a body of water.
- Crops may be grown in any of the four seasons.
- May drought destroy your crops.
- They create a wide flood, interrupted by rocky outcrops.
- The people are engaged in farming, producing food crops, mostly rice and tobacco.
- Vines, cotton and barley are the main crops.
- The crops have flourished this year.
- Crops grown today include coffee, sugarcane, henequen, and grains.