crop (v.) Copy link Outline I. To nibble as goats, etc.II. To lop off1. mĕto, messui, messum, 32. tondeo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (prop. to shear)3. curto, 1 (chiefly used in p. part.4. abscīdo, praecīdo, rĕcīdoIII. To take a crop off (land) • crop (v.): I. To nibble as goats, etc.: carpo, tondeo, attondeo: v. to browse. II. To lop off: 1. mĕto, messui, messum, 3: to c. the tops of lilies with a stick, virga lilia summa m., Ov.: v. to mow. 2. tondeo, tŏtondi, tonsum, 2 (prop. to shear): a c.'d skin, i. e. head, tonsa cutis, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 7 (see Orelli ad l.): to c. the head close, caput ad cutem t., Cels.: v. shave. 3. curto, 1 (chiefly used in p. part.: to cut short): with my hair c.'d by an awkward barber, curtatus inaequali tonsore capillos, Hor. Simly. the comp. dēcurto: v. mutilate. 4. abscīdo, praecīdo, rĕcīdo: i. e. to cut off: q. v. III. To take a crop off (land): Phr.: lands, valleys, that have been c.'d, tonsae novales, valles, Virg.: lands ought not to be c.'d too often, *ne saepius quam decet segetes arvis imperato.