Harvest

Quick meaning: Harvest is a noun meaning (agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.

Meaning

(agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.

More Meanings

1. The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
2. (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
3. The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
4. (UK, dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
5. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
6. (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

the harvest of a quiet eye

The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.

The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.

The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.

Word Forms

• harvests
• harvist
• harst
• harvesting
• harvested

Synonyms for harvest

Depending on context, synonyms include crop, gather, autumn, fall, glean, reap.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crop, glean, reap, reaping, cup, goblet.

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