Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cropped (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Cropping.]
1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to
browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a
tender one. --Ezek. xvii.
22.
2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech.
3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |