reaping (verb)

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• reap — verb Etymology: Middle English repen, from Old English reopan Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine (2) to clear of a crop by reaping b. to gather by reaping ; harvest …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• reap — verb 1) the grain has been reaped Syn: harvest, garner, gather in, bring in 2) reaping the benefits Syn: receive, obtain, get, acquire, secure, realize …   Thesaurus of popular words

• reap — verb 1) the corn was reaped Syn: harvest, cut, pick, gather, garner 2) reaping the benefits Syn: receive, obtain, get, derive, acquire, secure, real …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

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• reap — [[t]ri͟ːp[/t]] reaps, reaping, reaped 1) VERB If you reap the benefits or the rewards of something, you enjoy the good things that happen as a result of it. [V n] You ll soon begin to reap the benefits of being fitter... [V n] We are not in this… …   English dictionary

• harvest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crop, yield, product, issue, outcome. See effect, store, agriculture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Crop] Syn. reaping, yield, yielding, fruitage; see crop , fruit 1 , grain 1 , produce , v …   English dictionary for students

• har´vest|less — har|vest «HAHR vihst», noun, verb. –n. 1. a reaping and gathering in of grain and other food crops: »A field of Ceres, ripe for harvest (Milton). 2. a) the time or season of the harvest, usually in the late summer or early autumn. b) Dialect.… …   Useful english dictionary

• har´vest|er — har|vest «HAHR vihst», noun, verb. –n. 1. a reaping and gathering in of grain and other food crops: »A field of Ceres, ripe for harvest (Milton). 2. a) the time or season of the harvest, usually in the late summer or early autumn. b) Dialect.… …   Useful english dictionary

• har´vest|a|ble — har|vest «HAHR vihst», noun, verb. –n. 1. a reaping and gathering in of grain and other food crops: »A field of Ceres, ripe for harvest (Milton). 2. a) the time or season of the harvest, usually in the late summer or early autumn. b) Dialect.… …   Useful english dictionary

• har|vest — «HAHR vihst», noun, verb. –n. 1. a reaping and gathering in of grain and other food crops: »A field of Ceres, ripe for harvest (Milton). 2. a) the time or season of the harvest, usually in the late summer or early autumn. b) Dialect. autumn. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary