harvest

[ hahr-vist ]

/ ˈhɑr vɪst /

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noun

Also har·vest·ing. the gathering of crops.

the season when ripened crops are gathered.

a crop or yield of one growing season. See Synonym Study at crop.

a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored: a harvest of wheat.

the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories.

verb (used with object)

to gather (a crop or the like); reap.

to gather the crop from: to harvest the fields.

to gain, win, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, etc.): She has finally harvested the rewards of her dedication.

to catch, take, or remove (animals), especially for food: Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river.

to collect (any resource) for future use: to harvest solar energy; spammers who harvest email addresses.

to extract (an organ or tissue) from a living or dead body, as for transplantation or research: to harvest a kidney; to harvest embryos.

verb (used without object)

to gather a crop; reap.

Origin of harvest

before 950; Middle English; Old English hærfest; cognate with German Herbst “autumn”; akin to harrow¹

SYNONYMS FOR harvest

5 accumulation, collection, product, return, proceeds.

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OTHER WORDS FROM harvest

har·vest·a·ble, adjective har·vest·a·bil·i·ty, noun har·vest·less, adjective half-har·vest·ed, adjective

post·har·vest, adjective pre·har·vest, noun re·har·vest, verb un·har·vest·ed, adjective

Words nearby harvest

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Example sentences from the Web for harvesting

In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.

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The firms will each offer $20,000 in coverage, enough for two harvesting rounds per employee.

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Harvesting is continual and despite the cold local winters at headquarters, the food stays warm in the indoor fields.

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Omo, a German immigrant, is obsessed with harvesting salt from the lake.

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But since the 1950s, Camping has been harvesting secret messages from the Bible at a clip that would impress Dan Brown.

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The plants should be kept clean of them and especially at the time of harvesting.

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Here, again, the boys will know just where to land to hit a field of grain the Germans are saving for harvesting.

A Yankee Flier in Italy |Rutherford G. Montgomery
Want of place alone could make her consent to suspend her harvesting.

Mathieu Ropars: et cetera |William Young
No harvesting- or pottery-work is possible with these absorbing doorkeeping-functions.

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There was the wagon shed with a wagon in it, and harvesting implements stabled in perfect order.

The Golden Woman |Ridgwell Cullum

British Dictionary definitions for harvesting

harvest

/ (ˈhɑːvɪst) /

noun

the gathering of a ripened crop

the crop itself or the yield from it in a single growing season

the season for gathering crops

the product of an effort, action, etc a harvest of love

verb

to gather or reap (a ripened crop) from (the place where it has been growing)

(tr) to receive or reap (benefits, consequences, etc)

(tr) mainly US to remove (an organ) from the body for transplantation

Derived forms of harvest

harvesting, noun harvestless, adjective

Word Origin for harvest

Old English hærfest; related to Old Norse harfr harrow, Old High German herbist autumn, Latin carpere to pluck, Greek karpos fruit, Sanskrit krpāna shears

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verb (used without object)

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