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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.
Synonyms: , , ,
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
/ ˈɑːɪ /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈپԲ, noun
- ˈٱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ··· adjective
- ·····ٲ [hahr-vis-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- ·· adjective
- -·· adjective
- Dz·· adjective
- ·· noun
- ·· verb
- ܲ··· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of harvest1
Word History and Origins
Origin of harvest1
Example Sentences
With the 2025 soybean harvest in Brazil now continuing, some are hoping for a repeat.
That's because once fresh peas are harvested, their sugars immediately turn into starch.
So I pulled over really quick — which is not unlike me, I’m always pulling over for fruit trees — and was able to harvest some.
“For 100 years, we have mainly encountered them as prey remains in whale and seabird stomachs and as predators of harvested toothfish.”
These including using the pages to sell fake products or place scam adverts, harvesting personal information, spreading malware, tricking people into sending money, or blackmailing the company in question to unblock the account.
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