crop-dusting spraying | the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) |
craw crop | a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food |
bumper | a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage |
bumper | a glass filled to the brim (especially as a toast), we quaffed a bumper of ale |
bumper car Dodgem | a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged |
bumper guard | vertical bars attached to a bumper to prevent locking bumpers with another vehicle |
bumper jack | a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper |
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 |
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 |
bumper-to-bumper | used of traffic, bumper-to-bumper traffic |
field-crop | of or relating to field crops, field-crop management |