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Reap Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Reap?
[v] gather, as of as crops
[v] get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association" Synonyms | Synonyms for Reap: draw | glean | harvest Related Terms | Find terms related to Reap: See Also | collect | cut | derive | gain | garner | gather | pull together Reap In Webster's Dictionary \Reap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[=i]pan to seize, reap; cf. D.
rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or
E. ripe.]
1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as
grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt
not wholly reap the corners of thy field. --Lev.???.
9.
2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest,
or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a
bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace,
reap nothing but repulse and hate? --Milton.
3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] --Shak.
{Reaping hook}, an instrument having a hook-shaped blade,
used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense,
distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of
serrated.
\Reap\, v. i. To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. --Ps. cxxvi. 5. \Reap\, n. [Cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest. See {Reap}, v.] A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright. |
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