Definition of "harvest"

harvest

/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural harvests
1. (UK, dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
2. The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
3. (agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
4. The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
  Quotations
  Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
  1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict‎
  The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
  1911, Jack London, The Whale Tooth
  To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.
  c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene v]
5. (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
  Quotations
  The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.The spelling has been modernized.
  1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837
  the harvest of a quiet eye
  1815, William Wordsworth, A Poet's Epitaph
6. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
verb
third-person singular simple present harvests, present participle harvesting, simple past and past participle harvested
1. (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
2. (transitive, euphemistic) To kill for meat, slaughter.
3. (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
4. (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.

Definition of "harvest"

harvest

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