harvest
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noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)(agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.
- 3.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)(by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
- 5.
(UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)(paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
We harvested the apples in September already.
- 2.
(transitive)To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.
An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.
- 3.
(transitive)To take (an organ) from an organ donor.
- 4.
(intransitive)To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.
- 5.
(transitive)To win, achieve a gain.
The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.
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ine-pro From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (autumn, harvest-time; August), from *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (harvest-time, autumn, fall), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.