CROP - Definition & Meaning for Kids
Meaning 1
Part of speech: Verb
cut short
Example: She wanted her hair cropped short
Categories: Cut
đź“– Fun Facts About Crop
- • A crop is a plant grown for food or other use. Farmers plant crops like wheat, corn, and rice.
Meaning 2
Part of speech: Noun
a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
Categories: Plant, Flora, Plant life
Meaning 3
Part of speech: Verb
yield crops
Example: This land crops well
Categories: Bear, Turn out
Meaning 4
Part of speech: Verb
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
Categories: Feed, Give
Meaning 5
Part of speech: Verb
feed as in a meadow or pasture
Example: the herd was grazing
Categories: Feed, Eat
Synonyms
Crop, Clip, Pasture, Range, Dress
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
The word "crop" comes from Old English *croppian. It started in Middle English croppen. Then it appeared in Proto-Indo-European *grewb-. Later, people used it in Proto-Germanic *kruppaz. After that, it was Old English crop. Over time, it became Middle English crop. Many other languages have similar words:.
- Dutch: krop
- German Low German: Kropp
- German: Kropf
- Swedish: kropp
- Icelandic: kroppur
- Scots: crap
- Dutch: kroppen
- Low German: kröppen
- German: kröpfen
- Icelandic: kroppa
đź”— Related Words
crap – A related word in the same word family.
group – A related word in the same word family.
croup – A related word in the same word family.
🧩 Fun Fact
This word traveled through multiple civilizations—each culture shaped its meaning slightly!