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harvest
[hahr-vist]
noun
the gathering of crops.
Drought has delayed the harvest of corn, peanuts, potatoes, and other vegetables.
the season when ripened crops are gathered.
All through springtime, summer, and harvest, she waited for him.
a crop or yield of one growing season.
Our blackberries are on track to meet or exceed last year's harvest of 30 lbs.
a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored.
The silos held an abundant harvest of wheat.
the taking or removal of animals to be killed for food or other uses.
Some have called the harvest of nautilus shells for jewelry and ornaments a āhorrendous slaughter.ā
the collection of any resource for future use.
Rules were established to limit the harvest of forest resources for fuel and building materials.
the extraction of an organ or tissue from a body for the purpose of transplant or scientific research.
The new method could improve the harvest of stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
the result or consequence of any act, process, or event.
The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
to gather (a crop or the like); reap.
Itās time to harvest the corn.
to gather the crop from.
The farmer hired a few day laborers to help harvest his fields.
to gain, win, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, etc.).
The country hopes to harvest dividends from staging a problem-free Olympics next year.
to catch, take, or remove (animals), especially for food.
Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river.
to collect (any resource) for future use.
to harvest solar energy;
spammers who harvest email addresses.
to extract (an organ or tissue) from a living or dead body, as for transplantation or research.
to harvest a kidney;
to harvest embryos.
verb (used without object)
to gather a crop; reap.
We saw whole families out in the fields, harvesting.
harvest
/ Ė³óÉĖ±¹ÉŖ²õ³Ł /
noun
the gathering of a ripened crop
the crop itself or the yield from it in a single growing season
the season for gathering crops
the product of an effort, action, etc
a harvest of love
verb
to gather or reap (a ripened crop) from (the place where it has been growing)
(tr) to receive or reap (benefits, consequences, etc)
(tr) to remove (an organ) from the body for transplantation
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- harvestable adjective
- harvestability noun
- harvestless adjective
- half-harvested adjective
- postharvest adjective
- preharvest noun
- reharvest verb
- unharvested adjective
- Ė³ó²¹°ł±¹±š²õ³Ł¾±²Ō²µ noun
- Ė³ó²¹°ł±¹±š²õ³Ł±ō±š²õ²õ adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of harvest1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of harvest1
Example Sentences
I understand now why zucchini was being shoved down my throat shortly after my motherās first harvest.
The lands were previously owned by Green Diamond Resource Co. and its predecessor Simpson Logging Co., which harvested timber there for nearly a century.
He's had some success selling apple tree saplings and is optimistic about future harvests.
It is named after the harvest season observed by indigenous Americans, signalling the time of year that wild strawberries were harvested, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, external.
Yet the the tariff turmoil comes just as Spanish producers and exporters have recovered from a drought that slashed harvests in the south of the country, and sent prices temporarily soaring.
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