reap

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/ rip /

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verb (used with object)

to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.

to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.).

to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits.

verb (used without object)

to reap a crop, harvest, etc.

OTHER WORDS FOR reap

3 gather, earn, realize, gain, win.

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Origin of reap

before 900; Middle English repen,Old English repan, riopan; cognate with Middle Low German repen to ripple (flax); akin to ripe

OTHER WORDS FROM reap

reap·a·ble, adjectiveun·reaped, adjective

Words nearby reap

ream, reamer, rean, reanalysis, reanimate, reap, reaper, reaping machine, reappear, reapply, reappoint

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Northam’s plan to legalize marijuana came after two state studies showed that Virginia could reap enormous revenue from a regulated cannabis industry — some $300 million per year, by one estimate.
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Even as his balance dipped as low as $42,000, he held on and by April 2020, he reaped the rewards.
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Think of all the benefits you’ll reap with a 2-in-1 that functions as both a laptop and a tablet.
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We’ve been reaping the reward, if you will, about being slack in the lead-up to Christmas.
COVID-19 Has Killed More Than 100,000 in Britain. Why Is the Fatality Rate So High?|Billy Perrigo|January 27, 2021|Time
Indeed, it's unclear what, if any, benefits the average Cuban will reap from increased diplomacy between the two countries.
Castro's Hipster Apologists Want to Keep Cuba ‘Authentically’ Poor|Michael Moynihan|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From that, Spinal Solutions stood to reap several thousand dollars from the sale of a single screw.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’|The Center for Investigative Reporting|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are only here to reap the rewards of the American safety net (such as it is) and thereby raise your taxes.
Ebola, ISIS, the Border: So Much to Fear, So Little Time!|Gene Robinson|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Yes, you will find it,” Cosmo assures readers, promising to help them “reap the blissful benefits” upon discovering the region.
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But if you choose to conduct your discourse in 140-word snaps, or soundbites, then you reap the crop of dumb that you sow.
Why We Should Hate 'Haters Gonna Hate'|Tim Teeman|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are religious who reap a great harvest among souls in this newly-christianized land.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Did they use oil varnish, our successors would at all events reap the benefit, if not ourselves.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
The French farmers calculate upon reaping about sevenfold; if they sow one bushel, they reap, between six and seven.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
As winter is not their season of love, they reap but little advantage from associating.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
It was through her power on the sea that she was able to reap a rich harvest from her war with Spain.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for reap

reap

/ (riːp) /

verb

to cut or harvest (a crop), esp corn, from (a field or tract of land)

(tr) to gain or get (something) as a reward for or result of some action or enterprise

Derived forms of reap

reapable, adjective

Word Origin for reap

Old English riopan; related to Norwegian ripa to scratch, Middle Low German repen to card, ripple (flax)

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