Crop vs. Trim

Crop vs. Trim — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Crop and Trim

Cropnoun

(agriculture) A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

Trimverb

(transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. The adposition of can be used in the present perfect tense to designate the removed part.

He trimmed his beard before the interview.The hedge needs to be trimmed.Place the screen material in the frame, secure it in place, and trim the edges.The company trimmed jobs for the second time this year.

Cropnoun

The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.

Trimverb

(transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.

They traditionally trim the tree on Christmas Eve.

Cropnoun

A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.

a crop of ideas

Trimverb

To adjust pitch using trim tabs.

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Cropnoun

A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease

Like in chicken pox.

Trimverb

To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.

Cropnoun

The lashing end of a whip

Trimverb

To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.

Cropnoun

An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.

Trimverb

(dated) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favour each.

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Cropnoun

A rocky outcrop.

Trimverb

(transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

Cropnoun

The act of cropping.

Trimverb

To dress; to make smooth.

Cropnoun

A short haircut.

Trimverb

To rebuke; to reprove.

Cropnoun

(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw.

Trimverb

To beat or thrash.

Cropnoun

(architecture) The foliate part of a finial.

Trimnoun

(uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.

Paint the house white with blue trim.

Cropnoun

The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.

Trimnoun

(countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.

I went to the hairdresser for a trim but came back nearly bald.

Cropnoun

(mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.

Trimnoun

Dress; gear; ornaments.

Cropnoun

(mining) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.

Trimnoun

(countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.

The car comes in three different trims.to be in good trim

Cropverb

(transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.

Trimnoun

Sexual intercourse.

Cropverb

(transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.

Trimnoun

(nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.

Cropverb

(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better.

Trimnoun

(nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.

Cropverb

(intransitive) To yield harvest.

Trimadjective

Physically fit.

He goes jogging every day to keep in trim.

Cropverb

(transitive) To cause to bear a crop.

to crop a field

Trimadjective

Slender, lean.

a trim figure

Cropnoun

the yield from plants in a single growing season

Trimadjective

Neat or smart in appearance.

a trim lawn

Cropnoun

a collection of people or things appearing together;

the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas

Trimadverb

(nautical) In good order; properly managed or maintained.

Cropnoun

the output of something in a season;

the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores

Trimadverb

(nautical) With sails well trimmed.

Cropnoun

the stock or handle of a whip

Trimnoun

a state of arrangement or appearance;

in good trim

Cropnoun

a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

Trimnoun

a decoration or adornment on a garment;

the trimming on a hatthe trim on a shirt

Cropverb

cut short;

She wanted her hair cropped short

Trimnoun

attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation

Cropverb

prepare for crops;

Work the soilcultivate the land

Trimnoun

cutting down to the desired size or shape

Cropverb

yield crops;

This land crops well

Trimverb

remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;

pare one's fingernailstrim the photographtrim lumber

Cropverb

let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

Trimverb

decorate, as with ornaments;

trim the christmas treetrim a shop window

Cropverb

feed as in a meadow or pasture;

the herd was grazing

Trimverb

cut down on; make a reduction in;

reduce your daily fat intakeThe employer wants to cut back health benefits

Cropverb

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

dress the plants in the garden

Trimverb

balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces;

trim an airplane

Trimverb

be in equilibrium during a flight;

The airplane trimmed

Trimverb

decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

Trimverb

cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;

dress the plants in the garden

Trimverb

cut closely;

trim my beard

Trimverb

adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

Trimadjective

thin and fit;

the spare figure of a marathon runnera body kept trim by exercise

Trimadjective

(used of hair) neat and tidy;

a nicely kempt beard

Trimadjective

of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder;

even the barn was shipshapea trim little sailboat

Trimadjective

(of persons) neat and smart in appearance;

a clean-cut and well-bred young manthe trig corporal in his jaunty cap

Trimadjective

severely simple in line or design;

a neat tailored suittailored curtains