crop-dusting spraying | the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) |
Hundred Years' War | the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England, - |
Seven Years' War | a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (-), Britain and Prussia got the better of it |
Thirty Years' War | a series of conflicts (-) between Protestants and Catholics starting in Germany and spreading until France and Denmark and Sweden were opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain |
craw crop | a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food |
crop | the stock or handle of a whip |
crop | the output of something in a season, the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores |
riding crop hunting crop | a short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates |
crop | a collection of people or things appearing together, the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas |
crop | a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale |
crop harvest | the yield from plants in a single growing season |
cash crop | a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) |
catch crop | a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season |
cover crop | crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure |
field crop | a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes, cotton, hay, and grain are field crops |
root crop | crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets, potatoes, turnips |
crop failure | the failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus |
days years | the time during which someone's life continues, the monarch's last days, in his final years |
golden years | the time of life after retirement from active work |
old age years age eld geezerhood | a late time of life, old age is not for sissies, he's showing his years, age hasn't slowed him down at all, a beard white with eld, on the brink of geezerhood |
long time age years | a prolonged period of time, we've known each other for ages, I haven't been there for years and years |
basset crop out | appear at the surface, A seam of coal bassets |
snip clip crop trim lop dress prune cut back | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of, dress the plants in the garden |
crop | cut short, She wanted her hair cropped short |
crop browse graze range pasture | feed as in a meadow or pasture, the herd was grazing |
crop a graze a pasture | let feed in a field or pasture or meadow |
crop | yield crops, This land crops well |
cultivate crop work | prepare for crops, Work the soil, cultivate the land |
crop up pop up pop | appear suddenly or unexpectedly, The farm popped into view as we turned the corner, He suddenly popped up out of nowhere |
field-crop | of or relating to field crops, field-crop management |