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.

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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, adjectivehar·vest·a·bil·i·ty, nounhar·vest·less, adjectivehalf-har·vest·ed, adjective

post·har·vest, adjectivepre·har·vest, nounre·har·vest, verbun·har·vest·ed, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for harvest

Apparently, a great deal can be harvested with only 70 flowerpots.
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When it was harvested en masse, it was frequently ground up as fertilizer.
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The more sugar in the harvested grapes, the rule mandates, the better the wine.
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Had they killed this woman and harvested her organs, they would have saved a lot of lives.
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Gems used as embellishments are often harvested from the earth with no regard to environmental standards.
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A steadily increasing amount of rice is harvested with sickles instead of with small bladed knives.
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In the fall of 1917 he harvested over forty thousand boxes of apples.
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Under the Consulate Grandet became mayor, governed wisely, and harvested still better pickings.
Eugenie Grandet|Honore de Balzac
The war of 1812 brought disaster to many a merchant, but Girard harvested fortune from the depths of misfortune.
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Before the day of the self-rake machine the grain was harvested with the cradle, and cradling was work for a giant.
In Pastures Green|Peter McArthur

British Dictionary definitions for harvest

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, etca 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, nounharvestless, 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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