1. (

• crop ,

) cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short" ;

2. (

• cultivate ,
• crop ,
• work ,

) prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" ;

3. (

• crop

) yield crops; "This land crops well" ;

4. (

• crop ,
• graze ,
• pasture ,

) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow ;

5. (

• crop ,
• browse ,
• graze ,
• range ,
• pasture

) feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" ;

6. (

• snip ,
• clip ,
• crop ,
• trim ,
• lop ,
• dress ,
• prune ,
• cut_back

) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" ;