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harvest
[hahr-vist]
noun
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.
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
to gather a crop; reap.
We saw whole families out in the fields, 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) to remove (an organ) from the body for transplantation
Other Word Forms
- harvestable adjective
- harvestability noun
- harvestless adjective
- half-harvested adjective
- postharvest adjective
- preharvest noun
- reharvest verb
- unharvested adjective
- harvesting noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of harvest1
Word History and Origins
Origin of harvest1
Example Sentences
That opened the door to a boom in cotton production, but many more workers would be needed to harvest the crop—a need that planters filled with a massive expansion of slavery.
Some heat pumps tap heat from outside air while others harvest it from the ground.
This hefty collection promises “something for everyone” in its harvest of 20 short stories by current authors from David Avallone to Andrew Welsh-Huggins.
Some of these animals can photosynthesize like plants; some harvest algae and seawater to make calcium carbonate for their underwater castles; some produce their own light or glow in the dark.
The clear contrasts between the two groups may reflect the distinct marine environments they occupy or may be influenced by human activity in these regions, including the reduction or harvesting of key prey species.
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