(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their ~s by hand...
The main ~ is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes.
N-COUNT
see also cash ~
2.
The plants or fruits that are collected at harvest time are referred to as a ~.
Each year it produces a fine ~ of fruit...
The US government says that this year’s corn ~ should be about 8 percent more than last year...
= harvest
N-COUNT: usu with supp
3.
You can refer to a group of people or things that have appeared together as a ~ of people or things. (INFORMAL)
The present ~ of books and documentaries about Marilyn Monroe exploit the thirtieth anniversary of her death...
= batch
N-SING: N of n
4.
When a plant ~s, it produces fruits or parts which people want.
Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to ~ poorly.
VERB: V
5.
To ~ someone’s hair means to cut it short.
She ~ped her hair and dyed it blonde.
VERB: V n
~ped
She had ~ped grey hair.
ADJ
6.
A ~ is a short hairstyle.
She had her long hair cut into a boyish ~.
N-COUNT: usu sing
7.
If you ~ a photograph, you cut part of it off, in order to get rid of part of the picture or to be able to frame it.
I decided to ~ the picture just above the water line...
Her husband was ~ped from the photograph.
VERB: V n, be V-ed from n
8.
the cream of the ~: see cream