Definitions for Harvest
ˈhɑr vɪsthar·vest

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 6 votes

1. crop, harvestnoun

   the yield from plants in a single growing season

2. harvestnoun

   the consequence of an effort or activity

   "they gathered a harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love"

3. harvest, harvesting, harvest homenoun

   the gathering of a ripened crop

4. harvest, harvest timeverb

   the season for gathering crops

5. reap, harvest, gleanverb

   gather, as of natural products

   "harvest the grapes"

6. harvestverb

   remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation

   "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. harvestnoun

   The process of harvesting, gathering the ripened crop.

2. harvestnoun

   The yield of harvesting, i.e. the gathered, cut ... fruits of horti- or agri-culture (usually a food - or industrial crop)

   This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest disastrous

3. harvestnoun

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

4. harvestnoun

   A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

5. harvestverb

   To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.

6. harvestverb

   To be occupied bringing in a harvest

   Harvesting is a stressing, thirsty occupation

7. harvestverb

   To win, achieve a gain.

   The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21

8. Etymology: hervest, from hærfest; cognate with Middle Saxon/Low German hervest(Saxon/Low German harvst), Latin carpere 'to seize', Greek καρπός and κείρω.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HARVESTnoun

   Etymology: hærfest, Saxon.

   1. The season of reaping and gathering the corn.

   As it ebbs, the seedsman
   Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain,
   And shortly comes to harvest. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   With harvest work he is worse than he was in the Spring. Roger L'Estrange.

   2. The corn ripened, gathered and inned.

   From Ireland come I with my strength,
   And reap the harvest which that rascal sow’d. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   When the father is too fondly kind,
   Such seed he sows, such harvest shall he find. Dryden.

   3. The product of labour.

   Let these small cotts and hills suffice:
   Let us the harvest of our labour eat;
   ’Tis labour makes the coarsest diet sweet. John Dryden, Juven.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harvest

   Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-intensive activity of the growing season. On large mechanized farms, harvesting uses the most expensive and sophisticated farm machinery, such as the combine harvester. Process automation has increased the efficiency of both the seeding and harvesting processes. Specialized harvesting equipment utilizing conveyor belts to mimic gentle gripping and mass-transport replaces the manual task of removing each seedling by hand. The term "harvesting" in general usage may include immediate postharvest handling, including cleaning, sorting, packing, and cooling. The completion of harvesting marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and the social importance of this event makes it the focus of seasonal celebrations such as harvest festivals, found in many religions.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harvest

   Harvest is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields or the yield obtained at the end of a growing season. It can also refer to the result or product of any effort or activity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harvestnoun

   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

2. Harvestnoun

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

3. Harvestnoun

   the product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward

4. Harvestverb

   to reap or gather, as any crop

5. Etymology: [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. hrfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. karpo`s fruit. Cf. Carpet.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harvest

   Harvest is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. The harvest marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and social importance of this event makes it the focus of seasonal celebrations such as a harvest festival, found in many religions. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-intensive activity of the growing season. On large, mechanized farms, harvesting utilizes the most expensive and sophisticated farm machinery, like the combine harvester. Harvesting in general usage includes an immediate post-harvest handling, all of the actions taken immediately after removing the crop—cooling, sorting, cleaning, packing—up to the point of further on-farm processing, or shipping to the wholesale or consumer market.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Harvest

   här′vest, n. the time of gathering in the ripened crops: the crops gathered in: fruits: the product of any labour: consequences.—v.t. to reap and gather in.—ns. Har′vest-bug, -louse, -tick, a mite or tick of minute size, abundant late in summer, and very troublesome to people with delicate skins; Har′vester, a reaper in harvests; Har′vest-feast, the feast made at the ingathering of harvest; Har′vest-field, a field where a harvest is or has been; Har′vest-fly, in U.S. the popular name for a species of cicada; Har′vest-home, the bringing home of the harvest: the feast held at the bringing home of the harvest; Har′vest-lord, the head-reaper at the harvest; Har′vest-man (B.), a labourer in harvest; Har′vest-moon, the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, rising nearly at the same hour for several days; Har′vest-mouse, a very small species of mouse, building its nest in the stalks of growing corn; Har′vest-queen, an image of Ceres, the queen or goddess of fruits, in ancient times carried about on the last day of harvest. [A.S. hærfest; Ger. herbst, Dut. herfst.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. harvest

   To collect a crop, form of energy or form of natural resource.

   The fruit and crops were harvested easily and efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HARVEST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Harvest is ranked #58481 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Harvest surname appeared 347 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Harvest.
   
   66.2% or 230 total occurrences were Black.
   21.6% or 75 total occurrences were White.
   4.6% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   4.3% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
   3.1% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Collect
   • Consequence
   • Output

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Harvest' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4564

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Harvest' in Nouns Frequency: #2871

How to pronounce Harvest?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Harvest in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harvest in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Harvest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Harvest in a Sentence

1. Robert Louis Stephenson:

   Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

2. Christina Petrowsky:

   Autumn is the bite of the harvest apple.

3. Tetyana Adamenko:

   There is no reason to expect a good harvest of early spring crops - barley and spring wheat. Probably there will be a crop at the level of average annual values, we had one of the most arid Aprils in our history. We expect some weather fronts late this week and next week but they can only mitigate the situation.

4. Laurentiu Baciu:

   Romanian grain farmers will gladly embrace the genetically modified maize crops, it's common sense that any maize farmer, be it in Spain or in Portugal or in Romania, would like to reduce production costs and eventually reap a bigger harvest.

5. Daniel Munch:

   For cattle and beef, once the market processes the excess animals sent to slaughter and has a smaller breeding herd to operate off of - [ price increases ] could be six months to well over a year. For specialty crops it could be immediate upon harvest.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Harvest
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Harvest
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Harvest
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Harvest
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Harvest
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Harvest
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html