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Harvest Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Harvest? [n] the season for gathering crops [n] the gathering of a ripened crop [n] the consequence of an effort or activity; "they gathered a harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love" [n] the yield from plants in a single growing season [v] gather, as of as crops Synonyms \| Synonyms for Harvest: crop \| glean \| harvest home \| harvest time \| harvesting \| reap Related Terms \| Find terms related to Harvest: accumulate \| acquire \| aftermath \| amass \| assemble \| autumn \| bag \| be seized of \| bearing \| bin \| bring in \| bumper crop \| by-product \| cache \| capture \| carve \| catch \| chisel \| collect \| come by \| come in for \| come into \| consequence \| consequent \| contract \| convert \| corollary \| corral \| crop \| crop herbs \| cropping \| cultivate \| cut \| cutting \| derivation \| derivative \| derive \| development \| dig \| distillate \| drag down \| draw \| earn \| effect \| enter into possession \| event \| eventuality \| eventuation \| extract \| fall \| fruit \| gain \| garner \| garnering \| gather \| gather in \| gathering \| get \| glean \| gleaning \| grabble \| grow \| harvest home \| harvest time \| harvesting \| hay \| hide \| hoard \| ingathering \| issue \| legacy \| logical outcome \| machine \| make \| mill \| mine \| mow \| net \| nut \| nutting \| obtain \| offshoot \| offspring \| outcome \| outgrowth \| output \| pick \| pluck \| precipitate \| proceeds \| process \| procure \| produce \| product \| production \| pull down \| pump \| raise \| reap \| reap and carry \| reaping \| rear \| receive \| refine \| result \| resultant \| sack \| score \| second crop \| secure \| sequel \| sequela \| sequence \| sequent \| smelt \| squirrel \| stash \| store up \| storing \| stow away \| take \| take in \| throughput \| upshot \| vintage \| win \| yield See Also \| agriculture \| cash crop \| catch crop \| collect \| consequence \| cover crop \| cut \| effect \| event \| farming \| fruitage \| garner \| gather \| gather \| gathering \| haying \| husbandry \| issue \| outcome \| output \| pull together \| result \| root crop \| season \| time of year \| upshot \| yield Harvest In Webster's Dictionary \Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[ae]rfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. ? fruit. Cf. {Carpet}.] 1. 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. Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen viii. 22. At harvest, when corn is ripe. --Tyndale. 2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath??ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. --Joel iii. 13. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. --Shak. 3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward. The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. --Fuller. The harvest of a quiet eye. --Wordsworth. {Harvest fish} (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of the Southern United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. {Harvest fly} (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus {Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}. {Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.] --Tusser. {Harvest mite} (Zo["o]l.), a minute European mite ({Leptus autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest bug}. {Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. {Harvest mouse} (Zo["o]l.), a very small European field mouse ({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. {Harvest queen}, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton. {Harvest spider}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}. \Har"vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harvested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harvesting}.] To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Harvest?

[n] the season for gathering crops
[n] the gathering of a ripened crop
[n] the consequence of an effort or activity; "they gathered a harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love"
[n] the yield from plants in a single growing season
[v] gather, as of as crops

Harvest In Webster's Dictionary

\Har"vest\, n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[ae]rfest
autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G.
herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. ? fruit. Cf.
{Carpet}.]
1. 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.

         Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --Gen
                                               viii. 22.

         At harvest, when corn is ripe.        --Tyndale.

2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath??ed; a
   crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.

         Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
                                               --Joel iii.
                                               13.

         To glean the broken ears after the man That the main
         harvest reaps.                        --Shak.

3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain;
   reward.

         The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
                                               --Fuller.

         The harvest of a quiet eye.           --Wordsworth.

{Harvest fish} (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of the Southern
   United States ({Stromateus alepidotus}); -- called
   {whiting} in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.

{Harvest fly} (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus
   {Cicada}, often called {locust}. See {Cicada}.

{Harvest lord}, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.]
   --Tusser.

{Harvest mite} (Zo["o]l.), a minute European mite ({Leptus
   autumnalis}), of a bright crimson color, which is
   troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic
   animals; -- called also {harvest louse}, and {harvest
   bug}.

{Harvest moon}, the moon near the full at the time of harvest
   in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason
   of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with
   the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several
   days.

{Harvest mouse} (Zo["o]l.), a very small European field mouse
   ({Mus minutus}). It builds a globular nest on the stems of
   wheat and other plants.

{Harvest queen}, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly
   carried about on the last day of harvest. --Milton.

{Harvest spider}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}.


\Har"vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harvested}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Harvesting}.]
To reap or gather, as any crop.

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