harvest
the gathering of crops: Drought has delayed the harvest of corn, peanuts, potatoes, and other vegetables.
the season when ripened crops are gathered: All through springtime, summer, and harvest, she waited for him.
a crop or yield of one growing season: Our blackberries are on track to meet or exceed last year's harvest of 30 lbs.: See Synonym Study at crop.
a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored: The silos held an abundant harvest of wheat.
the taking or removal of animals to be killed for food or other uses: Some have called the harvest of nautilus shells for jewelry and ornaments a “horrendous slaughter.”
the collection of any resource for future use: Rules were established to limit the harvest of forest resources for fuel and building materials.
the extraction of an organ or tissue from a body for the purpose of transplant or scientific research: The new method could improve the harvest of stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories.
to gather (a crop or the like); reap: It’s time to harvest the corn.
to gather the crop from: The farmer hired a few day laborers to help harvest his fields.
to gain, win, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, etc.): The country hopes to harvest dividends from staging a problem-free Olympics next year.
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.
to gather a crop; reap: We saw whole families out in the fields, harvesting.
Origin of harvest
1Other words for harvest
Other words from harvest
- har·vest·a·ble, adjective
- har·vest·a·bil·i·ty [hahr-vis-tuh-bil-i-tee] /ˌhɑr vɪs təˈbɪl ɪ ti/ 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
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How to use harvest in a sentence
In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.
The firms will each offer $20,000 in coverage, enough for two harvesting rounds per employee.
Don’t Be Fooled by Apple and Facebook, Egg Freezing Is Not a Benefit | Samantha Allen | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHarvesting is continual and despite the cold local winters at headquarters, the food stays warm in the indoor fields.
America’s Next Agricultural Revolution Will Happen Indoors | Sarah Kunst | April 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFisheries, already stressed by pollution and over-harvesting, will now confront warming and acidification.
Climate Change Needs the Politics of the Impossible | Jedediah Purdy | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite several potential-bride-harvesting trips to Japan, Nagasawa never cultivated a romance or married.
The greatest pains are taken in securing the crop and harvesting and handling the plants without injuring the leaves.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.After harvesting, the plants cure rapidly and on account of their small size rarely sweat.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The plants should be kept clean of them and especially at the time of harvesting.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.There, within easy reach of the rubber trees, they set up their camp and the actual work of harvesting the rubber crop begins.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousIn the intervals of planting and harvesting they were busy with the toils of adjusting the laws of a universe.
The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher Stowe
British Dictionary definitions for harvest
/ (ˈhɑːvɪst) /
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
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
Origin of harvest
1Derived forms of harvest
- harvesting, noun
- harvestless, adjective
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