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harvest
('h/A/rv/I/st )

noun (n)

  • the yield from plants in a single growing season(noun.plant)
    Synonym:
    crop
    source: wordnet30
  • the consequence of an effort or activity(noun.phenomenon)
    Example:
    They gathered a harvest of examples.
    A harvest of love.
    source: wordnet30
  • the gathering of a ripened crop(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    harvest home, harvesting
    source: wordnet30
  • the season for gathering crops(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    harvest time
    source: wordnet30
  • The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • gather, as of natural products(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Harvest the grapes.
    Synonym:
    glean, reap
    source: wordnet30
  • remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation(verb.change)
    Example:
    The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals.
    source: wordnet30
  • To reap or gather, as any crop.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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