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Harvesting is the process of collecting plants, animals, or fish (as well as fungi) as food, [1] especially the process of gathering mature crops, and "the harvest" also refers to the collected crops. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulses for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. [2]
Sep 17, 2012 · 1. : the season for gathering in agricultural crops. the beginning of the harvest. 2. : the act or process of gathering in a crop. assisting neighbors in their harvest. 3. a. : a mature crop (as of grain or fruit) : yield.
to take or collect a useful substance, for example water or a chemical element, from somewhere so that it can be used: Hydrogen and oxygen could be harvested from the frozen water reserves. We use harvested rainwater for most of our cooking. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. harvest verb (BODY PARTS) [ T ]
harvest, the season of the gathering of crops. The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon haerfest (“autumn”) or the Old High German herbist. Harvest has been a season of rejoicing from the remotest times. The Romans had their Ludi Cereales, or feasts in honour of Ceres. The Druids celebrated their harvest on November 1.
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the extraction of an organ or tissue from a body for the purpose of transplant or scientific research: The new method could improve the harvest of stem cells from umbilical cord blood. the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories.
As a noun, harvest means the time of year when crops are ripe and ready to be gathered. The picked crop is also called a harvest: a bumper crop is a plentiful harvest, and a poor harvest is when things didn’t grow as well as expected. As a verb, to harvest something is to gather, trap, or cull it.
The harvest is the gathering of a crop. There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest. Synonyms: harvesting, picking, gathering, collecting More Synonyms of harvest. 2. countable noun B2. A harvest is the crop that is gathered in. ...a bumper potato harvest.