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crop

n. the stock or handle of a whip

craw

n. a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

harvest

n. a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

crop

v. yield crops; "This land crops well"

cut short

v. cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"

work, cultivate

v. prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"

browse, graze, range, pasture

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

clip, snip, trim, dress, prune, cut back, lop

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

production

n. the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"

produce, green goods, green groceries

n. fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market

assembly, gathering, assemblage

n. the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of assembly"

plow, plough

v. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

work, process, work on

v. shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

take, acquire, assume, take on

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

develop, make grow

v. cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"

develop

v. make visible by means of chemical solutions; "Please develop this roll of film for me"

develop, modernize, civilize

v. raise from a barbaric to a civilized state; "The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized"

suck, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse, lactate, breast-feed, give suck

v. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

grub, give, feed, give food to

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

forage, wander and feed

v. wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"

cut, trim, reduce, cut back, cut down on, cut down, trim down, trim back, make a reduction in, bring down

v. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

thin, make thinner, make thin

v. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"

cut, prune, rationalize

v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

shave, knock off

v. cut the price of

cut short, truncate

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

pare, decrease gradually, pare down

v. decrease gradually or bit by bit

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