Noun | 1. | crop - the yield from plants in a single growing season Synonyms: harvest |
2. | crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" | |
3. | crop - the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" | |
4. | crop - the stock or handle of a whip | |
5. | crop - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food Synonyms: craw | |
Verb | 1. | crop - cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" |
2. | crop - prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" | |
3. | crop - yield crops; "This land crops well" | |
4. | crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | |
5. | crop - feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" | |
6. | crop - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" |
CROP. This word is nearly synonymous with emblements. (q.v.),
2. As between the landlord and tenant, the former has a lien; in some
of the states, upon the crop for the rent, for a limited time, and, if sold
on an execution against the tenant, the purchaser succeeds to the liability
of the tenant, for rent and good husbandry, and the crop is still liable to
be distrained. Tenn. St. 1825, c. 21; Misso. St. 377; Del. St. 1829, 366; 1
N. J. R. C. 187; Atk. Dig. 357; 1 N. Y. R. S. 746; 1 Ky. R. L. 639; 5 Watts,
R. 134; 41 Griff. Reg. 671, 404; 1 Hill. Ab. 148, 9; 5 Penn. St. R. 211.
3. A crop is not considered is a part of the real estate, so as to make
a sale of it void, when the contract has not been reduced to writing, within
the statute of frauds. 11 East, 362; 2 M. & S. 205; 5 B. & C. 829; 10 Ad. &
El. 753; 9 B. & C. 561; but see 9 M. & W. 501.
4. If a husband sow land and die, and the land which was sown is
assigned to the wife for her dower, she shall have the corn, and not the
executors of the husband. Inst. 81.