∙ A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose. agriculture
∙ The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
∙ A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
∙ The lashing end of a whip
∙ An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
∙ A rocky outcrop.
∙ The act of cropping.
∙ A short haircut.
∙ A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw. anatomy
∙ The foliate part of a finial. architecture
∙ The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree. archaic or dialect
∙ Tin ore prepared for smelting. mining
∙ Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. mining
Verb
∙ To remove the top end of something, especially a plant. transitive
∙ To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short. transitive
∙ To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better. transitive