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Trim part of an illustration, drawing, or photograph, so that undesired elements can be eliminated or so that the material will fit prescribed proportions.

noun

The produce harvested from the land: fruit, fruitage, harvest, yield. See ingestion.

verb

1. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop, clip, cut, cut back, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase/decrease.
2. To collect ripe crops: garner, gather, harvest, pick, reap. See collect/distribute.

Idioms beginning with crop:
crop out
crop up

See also cream of the crop.

Commodities produced from the earth which are planted, raised, and gathered within the course of a single season.

Crops might be produced either naturally or under cultivation. This distinction becomes important when determining whether a crop is to be sold as personal property or as real estate, and also in terms of how crops are to be devised.

Fructus naturales are crops that are produced by the powers of nature alone, without any harvesting methods. They include fruit trees, berries growing on bushes, and hay growing spontaneously from perennial roots. They are considered real property when they are not severed from the land, but personal property when severed.

Fructus industriales, or emblements, are annual crops that are raised by yearly labor and owe their existence to human intervention and cultivation. Such crops include wheat, corn, and vegetables. Authorities differ as to whether they constitute real or personal property.

The ownership of crops is generally held to be in the owner of the land, whether the crops are natural or cultivated. The owner may voluntarily choose to sever and sell the crops, without being obligated to sell the land upon which they are grown. The situation often arises in which the land belongs to one person and the crops belong to another, such as in the case of one person leasing land from another person. In such a case, whoever is in possession of the land subject to the consent of the owner may take and carry away the products of land resulting from his or her own care and labor.

Ordinarily, crops that are attached to land at the time of a sale pass automatically to the buyer, except where the owner has provided to the contrary. Someone disposing of land may, therefore, stipulate the retention of the title to the crops.

It has been widely held that a trespasser who enters another person's land and cultivates crops does not acquire title to them, since the owner is lawfully entitled to full possession and enjoyment of his or her property. Some authorities have held that as long as crops planted by an intruder remain unsevered, they are the property of the owner of the land upon which they are planted, whereas severed crops belong to the trespasser if he or she possesses the land when the crops are ready to be harvested.

See: agricultural law.

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1. a saccular diverticulum of the esophagus just anterior to the entrance to the thorax. Present in all domestic birds.
2. domesticated plants sown and harvested for use by humans.
3. a cosmetic surgical procedure carried out on the ears of dogs of certain breeds. See ear cropping.

• c.-bound — impaction of the crop in a bird.
• c.-eared — small eared.
• c. flush — 1. treatment of a sick bird by a flushing out, with normal saline via an esophageal tube, of food and debris from the crop.
— 2. see also crop wash (below).
• impacted c. — distention of the crop with undigested food.
• c. milk — crumbly material, composed of lipid-laden, desquamated epithelial cells mixed with food, elaborated by both male and female pigeons in the crop and regurgitated to feed the nestlings.
• pendulous c. — a condition of domesticated birds in which the crop becomes very distended and full of feed. Sporadic cases only, but there is an inherited predisposition to gross distention in turkeys. Called also impacted crop or crop bound.
• c. residues — the remains of a crop after the commercially sought part of it has been harvested, e.g. wheat stubble, pea haulms, oaten straw.
• c. wash — used in the differential diagnosis of trichomoniasis and candidiasis and to assess crop flora in birds with regurgitation and other signs referable to upper alimentary tract disease.

• Farming and Crops - crop: plant or agricultural product grown and harvested for profit or subsistence; yield in a single season or place
• Graphic Design - crop: (vb) trim edges of illustration or photograph
• Tools and Techniques - crop: (vb) remove outer portion of print
• Fox Hunting - crop: whip

Dansk (Danish)
n. - høst, hold, ridepisk, klipning, manke, snitte, afskåret stykke, kro
v. tr. - beskære, studse, høste, tilså
v. intr. - give afgrøde

idioms:

• cream of the crop    det bedste fra årgangen
• crop dusting    pudring
• crop out    dukke op, træde frem
• crop up    vise sig, komme på tale, træde frem

Nederlands (Dutch)
gewas, oogst, zweepstok, karwats, lichting, stekelkop, krop, een verzameling (aantal), hele gelooide huid, oormerk (dier), snede, millimeteren, afknippen/-grazen, oogsten, bebouwen

Français (French)
n. - (fig) moisson, cuvée, paquet (mauvaises herbes), coupe courte, jabot (d'un oiseau), cravache
v. tr. - couper (qch) court, tailler, brouter, (Phot) rogner, récolter (céréales, fruits), moissonner (blé), cueillir (fruits), cultiver (terre, fruits), (Comput) rogner (une image)
v. intr. - donner/produire une récolte

idioms:

• crop dusting    pulvérisation des cultures
• crop out    (Géol) affleurer
• crop up    se présenter, surgir, être mentionné

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kurzhaarschnitt, Ernte, Feldfrucht, Kropf
v. - stutzen

idioms:

• crop dusting    Schädlingsbekämpfung aus der Luft
• crop out    auftauchen
• crop up    aufkommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σοδειά, συγκομιδή, καλλιέργεια, φυτεία, πρόλοβος πτηνού, γούλα, μαστίγιο, βίτσα, λαβή μαστιγίου, (κοντό) κούρεμα, ακρωτηριασμός αφτιού ζώου στην άκρη του
v. - σοδιάζω, συγκομίζω, κόβω σε μικρό ύψος, περικόπτω, κουτσουρεύω, κορφολογώ, κουρεύω, κλαδεύω, καλλιεργώ, σπέρνω, ξακρίζω, "κροπάρω" (εικόνα)

idioms:

• cream of the crop    (η) αφρόκρεμα, (το) καλύτερο
• crop dusting    αεροψεκασμός
• crop out    αναφύομαι
• crop up    ξεφυτρώνω, ανακύπτω

Italiano (Italian)
tosare, mozzare la coda, spuntare, capelli a spazzola, raccolto, frustino, gozzo, leva

idioms:

• crop dusting    irrorazione
• crop out    affiorare
• crop up    presentarsi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colheita (f), chicote (m), corte (m) de cabelo
v. - colher (frutos), ceifar, aparar

idioms:

• cream of the crop    o melhor da colheita
• crop dusting    pulverização (f) da plantação
• crop out    colher
• crop up    surgir

Русский (Russian)
обрезать, подрезать под корень, стрижка ежиком, урожай, кнутовище, хлыст, призыв

idioms:

• cream of the crop    лучшие из лучших
• crop dusting    обработка пестицидами с воздуха
• crop out    тесать
• crop up    возникнуть, представиться

Español (Spanish)
n. - cabello corto, cosecha, látigo, buche, nueva promoción de estudiantes, fusta
v. tr. - cortar, recortar, cortar la cola, desorejar, (computadoras) cortar parte de una imagen
v. intr. - cortarse, recortarse, desorejarse

idioms:

• crop dusting    fumigación aérea
• crop out    aflorar
• crop up    presentarse, producirse, surgir, aflorar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skörd, årsproduktion, gröda, samling, kräva (zool.), piskskaft, stubbning, avskuren bit
v. - skära/hugga av topparna på, beskära, stubba, kupera, meja av, beså, odla upp, bära/ge skörd, beskära bild

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
农作物, 平头, 产量, 收割, 种植, 修剪, 收获

idioms:

• cream of the crop    百里挑一, 精华
• crop dusting    飞机由空中喷洒农药
• crop out    露头, 露出地面
• crop up    突然出现

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 農作物, 平頭, 產量
v. tr. - 收割, 種植, 修剪
v. intr. - 收穫

idioms:

• cream of the crop    百裡挑一, 精華
• crop dusting    飛機由空中噴灑農藥
• crop out    露頭, 露出地面
• crop up    突然出現

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 농작물, 수확고, 한 떼
v. tr. - (컴퓨터) 영상의 한 부분을 잘라 내다, 수확하다, 작물을 심다
v. intr. - 농작물이 나다, 작물을 심다, 나타나다

idioms:

• crop out    (광맥, 암석이) 노출되다
• crop up    (기회 등이 뜻밖에) 나타나다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 農作物, 全作物, 収穫高, 刈り込み, 群れ, 乗馬用むち
v. - 刈り込む, 縁を切り落とす, 食い切る, とれる, 植える

idioms:

• crop dusting    農薬散布
• crop out    露出する
• crop up    突然現われる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حصاد, محصول, سوط قصير (فعل) قطع جز من صورة على الكومبيوتر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יבול, תוצרת, קבוצה, צרור, שוט, זפק, ידית-השוט, תספורת קצרה‬
v. tr. - ‮לחך, גזז, סיפר, נטע, זרע, הניב, סיפר (שיער), קצר‬
v. intr. - ‮הניב‬

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