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Harvest

see synonyms of harvest

Noun

1. crop, harvest

the yield from plants in a single growing season

2. harvest

the consequence of an effort or activity

Example Sentences:
'they gathered a harvest of examples'
'a harvest of love'

3. harvest, harvest home, harvesting

the gathering of a ripened crop

4. harvest, harvest time

the season for gathering crops

Verb

5. glean, harvest, reap

gather, as of natural products

Example Sentences:
'harvest the grapes'

6. harvest

remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation

Example Sentences:
'The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Harvest

see synonyms of harvest
noun
1. 
the gathering of a ripened crop
2. 
the crop itself or the yield from it in a single growing season
3. 
the season for gathering crops
4. 
the product of an effort, action, etc
a harvest of love
verb
5. 
to gather or reap (a ripened crop) from (the place where it has been growing)
6. (transitive)
to receive or reap (benefits, consequences, etc)
7. (transitive) mainly US
to remove (an organ) from the body for transplantation

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Harvest

see synonyms of harvest
noun
1. 
the time of the year when matured grain, fruit, vegetables, etc. are reaped and gathered in
2. 
a season's yield of grain, fruit, etc. when gathered in or ready to be gathered in; crop
3. 
the gathering in of a crop
4. 
the outcome or consequence of any effort or series of events
the tyrant's harvest of hate
verb transitive, verb intransitive
5. 
to gather in (a crop, etc.)
6. 
to gather the crop from (a field)
7. 
to catch, shoot, trap, etc. (fish or game), usually in an intensive, systematic way, as for commercial purposes
8. 
to get (something) as the result of an action or effort
9. 
to remove (body parts) for transplantation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Harvest

see synonyms of harvest
n.
1. The act or process of gathering a crop.
2.
a. The crop that ripens or is gathered in a season.
b. The amount or measure of the crop gathered in a season.
c. The time or season of such gathering.
3. The result or consequence of an action: stuck with the harvest of a predecessor's decisions.
v. har·vest·ed, har·vest·ing, har·vests
v.tr.
1.
a. To gather (a crop).
b. To take or kill (fish or deer, for example) for food, sport, or population control.
c. To extract from a culture or a living or recently deceased body, especially for transplantation: harvested bone marrow.
2. To gather a crop from (land, for example).
3. To receive or collect (energy): a turbine that harvests energy from tidal currents.
4. To receive (the benefits or consequences of an action). See Synonyms at reap.
v.intr.
To gather a crop.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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