The Clue
Cut short (4 letter answer)
The Answer
CROP
Tags
Notes
The answer CROP is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Harvest
Shorten
Trim
Appear, with "up"
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Cut, as a photo
Dusting target
Farmer's concern
Farmer's pride
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Field yield
Harvest yield
Jockey's whip
Riding whip
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Item held by a jockey
Photo editor's order
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This may need dusting
Definition
CROP as a noun:
1. (crop, harvest) = the yield from plants in a single growing season
2. a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
3. a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas"
4. the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores"
5. the stock or handle of a whip
6. (craw, crop) = a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
CROP as a verb:
1. cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"
2. (cultivate, crop, work) = prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
3. 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"