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