Crop \Crop\, v. i. To yield harvest. {To crop out}. (a) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the peculiarities of an author crop out. {To crop up}, to sprout; to spring up. ``Cares crop up in villas.`` --Beaconsfield.