CROP

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English ~p craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw Date: before 12th century a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration, 2. a. a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence , the total yearly production from a specified area, the product or yield of something formed together , a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle , collection , the stock or handle of a whip, 4. \~ (II)] the part of the chine of a quadruped (as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers, an earmark on an animal, a close cut of the hair, II. verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to remove the upper or outer parts of , harvest , to cut off short ; trim , to cause (land) to bear a ~ , intransitive verb to feed by ~ping something, to yield or make a ~, to appear unexpectedly or casually