harvest

IPA: hˈɑrvʌst

noun

  • (agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
  • The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
  • (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
  • The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
  • (UK, dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
  • (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

verb

  • (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
  • (transitive, euphemistic) To kill for meat, slaughter.
  • (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
  • (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.
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Examples of "harvest" in Sentences

  • He plowed the ground to harvest crops.
  • It was the time to harvest the potatoes.
  • It celebrates the bounty of the Fall Harvest.
  • The color represents the fields and the harvests.
  • The landowner and sharecropper split the harvest.
  • They were thankful for the bountifulness of the harvest.
  • The Season of Emergence is followed by the Season of the Harvest.
  • It is a festival of peace and thanksgiving to the Almighty for the harvests.
  • The harvest of Minnesota is later sacrificed in favor of the new soybean crop.
  • Wozniak says the eldest family member carries in a sheaf of wheat representing the rich harvest of Ukraine.

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