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Crop Meaning: Harvest, Batch, and Trim Uses (3 meaning)

Meaning 1：harvested plant (crop)

crop 🔊

/krɒp/

Plants like wheat or rice that farmers grow in fields for food or to sell.

Crop wheat field harvest agricultural landscape

harvested plant 🔊

➕

/ˈhɑːrvɪstɪd plænt/

Plants like wheat or rice that farmers grow in fields for food or to sell.

📁 Category：Botany Research 🔖 Level：Primary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'cropp', meaning the top part or ear of a plant.

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a farmer 'cropping' (cutting) the top of wheat—both the plant and the action are 'crop'.

📖 Example

The main crop in this region is wheat, which turns the fields golden in autumn. 🔊 The main crop in this region is wheat, which turns the fields golden in autumn.

🔗 Collocations

cash crop – A crop grown for sale rather than for personal use

crop rotation – The practice of alternating different crops in a field to maintain soil fertility

crop yield – The amount of crop produced per unit of land

🔄 Synonyms

harvest (n.) – The process or period of gathering crops

produce (n.) – Agricultural products collectively, especially fresh fruits and vegetables

grain (n.) – The seeds of cereal plants such as wheat, rice, or corn

🚫 Antonyms

weed (n.) – A wild plant growing unwanted among cultivated crops

🌱 Derivatives

cropping (n.) – The act of growing or harvesting a crop

cropped (adj.) – Cut short or trimmed

cropper (n.) – One who grows or harvests crops

📖 Cultural Story

Old English 'cropp' referred to a bird's crop or plant head; in medieval farming, it came to mean the annual yield of a field, central to village economies.

Meaning 2：batch (crop)

crop 🔊

/krɒp/

A group of similar things or people that appear or are dealt with at the same time.

batch 🔊

➕

/bætʃ/

A group of similar things or people that appear or are dealt with at the same time.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

This year's crop of new graduates is highly skilled in digital technology. 🔊 This year's crop of new graduates is highly skilled in digital technology.

🔗 Collocations

crop of students – A group of students graduating or entering a program together

crop of new products – A set of products launched simultaneously by a company

crop of talent – A cohort of skilled individuals emerging at the same time

🔄 Synonyms

batch (n.) – A quantity of items produced or dealt with at one time

group (n.) – A number of people or things that are together or belong together

cluster (n.) – A group of similar things or people close together

🚫 Antonyms

individual (n.) – A single person or thing, considered separately from a group

Meaning 3：trim (crop)

crop 🔊

/krɒp/

To cut something short or to cut off the edges of something, like hair, a photo, or plants.

trim 🔊

➕

/trɪm/

To cut something short or to cut off the edges of something, like hair, a photo, or plants.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

She decided to crop her long hair into a chic, shoulder-length style. 🔊 She decided to crop her long hair into a chic, shoulder-length style.

🔗 Collocations

crop hair – To cut hair short or to a specific style

crop a photo – To remove unwanted outer parts of an image

crop a plant – To trim the branches or leaves of a plant to control growth

🔄 Synonyms

trim (v.) – To cut off small, irregular parts to make something neat

cut (v.) – To use a sharp instrument to separate or shorten something

prune (v.) – To cut away dead or overgrown parts of a plant to encourage growth

🚫 Antonyms

lengthen (v.) – To make something longer

extend (v.) – To increase the length or duration of something

grow (v.) – To increase in size or length naturally

🌱 Derivatives

cropped (adj.) – Cut short or having had edges removed

cropping (n.) – The act of cutting or trimming something

cropper (n.) – One who crops, e.g., a person who cuts hair or an image editing tool