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Definition of 'REAP'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) reap
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.

2. reap
to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.).

3. reap
to get as a return, recompense, or result:
to reap large profits.

4. (v.i.) reap
to reap a crop, harvest, etc.

Etymology: (bef. 900; repen, OE repan, riopan)

Definition of 'REAP'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) reap, harvest, glean
gather, as of natural products
"harvest the grapes"

2. (verb) reap, draw
get or derive
"He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

Definition of 'REAP'

Webster Dictionary

1. REAP
a bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut

2. (verb) REAP
to cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting

3. (verb) REAP
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

4. (verb) REAP
to clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field

5. (verb) REAP
to deprive of the beard; to shave

6. (verb) REAP
to perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest

Translation of 'REAP'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cut and gather (corn etc) The farmer is reaping the wheat.
Afrikaans: oes	Arabic: يَحْصُد	Bulgarian: жъна
Brazilian: colher	Czech: sklízet, sekat	German: schneiden
Danish: høste	Greek: θερίζω	Spanish: segar, recoger
Estonian: (vilja) koristama	Farsi: درو کردن	Finnish: niittää
French: moissonner	Hebrew: לִקצוֹר	Hindi: फसल काटना
Croatian: žeti, požnjeti	Hungarian: (le)arat	Indonesian: menuai
Icelandic: skera korn; uppskera	Italian: mietere	Japanese: 刈り入れる
Korean: (작물을) 베다	Lithuanian: pjauti	Latvian: pļaut (labību); novākt ra
Malay: memungut	Dutch: oogsten	Norwegian: skjære, slå; høste inn
Polish: zbierać, żąć	Persian: درو کردن	Pashto: لوكول، ريبل، يوي كول، راغ
Portuguese: colher	Romanian: a secera	Russian: жать
Slovak: zberať, zvážať	Slovenian: žeti	Serbian: žnjeti
Swedish: skära, skörda	Thai: เก็บเกี่ยว	Turkish: biçmek
Taiwanese: 收割	Ukrainian: жати, збирати врожай	Urdu: فصل کاٹنا
Vietnamese: thu hoạch	Chinese: 收割
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