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warfare

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

class='syl-break' aria-hidden='true'>| ˈkre-vəs

Definition

a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) fissure //A lizard emerged from a crevice in the cliff … — Tony Hillerman

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

check chink cleft crack cranny fissure rift split

Examples

//steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French crevace, from crever to break, from Latin crepare to crack

crevice

noun

Synonyms

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure //steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano
Synonyms

check chink cleft crack cranny fissure rift split
Related Words

crevasse
craze hairline
fracture rupture
breach gap opening
cut gash incision slit

crop

noun

ˈkräp

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

a pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration
also an enlargement of the digestive tract of another animal (such as an insect)
a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence //an apple crop //a crop of wool
the total yearly production from a specified area
the product or yield of something formed together //the ice crop
a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle //the current crop of films
collection //a crop of lies
the stock or handle of a whip
also a riding whip with a short straight stock and a loop
the part of the chine of a quadruped (such as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers —usually used in plural
— see cow sense illustration
an earmark on an animal
especially one made by a straight cut squarely removing the upper part of the ear
a close cut of the hair //He has a thick crop of hair.

verb

cropped; cropping

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb
to remove the upper or outer parts of //crop a hedge //crop a dog's ears
harvest //crop trout
to cut off short trim //crop a photograph
to cause (land) to bear a crop //planned to crop another 40 acres
also to grow as a crop
intransitive verb
to feed by cropping something
to yield or make a crop
to appear unexpectedly or casually //the naivete that crops out in his work

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms: Noun

harvest

Synonyms: Verb

cultivate culture dress grow promote raise rear tend

Examples

Noun

//Tobacco is their main crop.
//They sprayed the crops with a pesticide.
//The teachers got ready for a new crop of students.
//a new crop of horror movies

Verb

//The picture was cropped badly.
//We had to crop the image to fit it into the frame.
//Her hair was class='syl-break' aria-hidden='true'>| ˈkre-vəs

Definition

a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) fissure //A lizard emerged from a crevice in the cliff … — Tony Hillerman

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

check chink cleft crack cranny fissure rift split

Examples

//steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French crevace, from crever to break, from Latin crepare to crack

crevice

noun

Synonyms

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure //steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano
Synonyms

check chink cleft crack cranny fissure rift split
Related Words

crevasse
craze hairline
fracture rupture
breach gap opening
cut gash incision slit

crop

noun

ˈkräp

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

a pouched enlargement of the esophagus of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration
also an enlargement of the digestive tract of another animal (such as an insect)
a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence //an apple crop //a crop of wool
the total yearly production from a specified area
the product or yield of something formed together //the ice crop
a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle //the current crop of films
collection //a crop of lies
the stock or handle of a whip
also a riding whip with a short straight stock and a loop
the part of the chine of a quadruped (such as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers —usually used in plural
— see cow sense illustration
an earmark on an animal
especially one made by a straight cut squarely removing the upper part of the ear
a close cut of the hair //He has a thick crop of hair.

verb

cropped; cropping

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb
to remove the upper or outer parts of //crop a hedge //crop a dog's ears
harvest //crop trout
to cut off short trim //crop a photograph
to cause (land) to bear a crop //planned to crop another 40 acres
also to grow as a crop
intransitive verb
to feed by cropping something
to yield or make a crop
to appear unexpectedly or casually //the naivete that crops out in his work

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms: Noun

harvest

Synonyms: Verb

cultivate culture dress grow promote raise rear tend

Examples

Noun

//Tobacco is their main crop.
//They sprayed the crops with a pesticide.
//The teachers got ready for a new crop of students.
//a new crop of horror movies

Verb

//The picture was cropped badly.
//We had to crop the image to fit it into the frame.
//Her hair was