Crop, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cropped (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb. n.Cropping.] 1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one.
Ezek. xvii. 22.
2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
Death....crops the growing boys.
Creech.
3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.