harvest
The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
Noun 4 meanings
The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
“The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.”
The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
“This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.”
The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
“The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.”
The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
Verb 4 meanings
To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
“We harvested the apples in September already.”
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.
“An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.”
To take (an organ) from an organ donor.
To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
“We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.”
Etymology
From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
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HARVEST at a glance
HARVEST has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (H 4 + A 1 + R 1 + V 4 + E 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,685 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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