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harvest
[ hahr-vist ]
noun
- the gathering of crops:
Drought has delayed the harvest of corn, peanuts, potatoes, and other vegetables.
- the season when ripened crops are gathered:
All through springtime, summer, and harvest, she waited for him.
- a crop or yield of one growing season:
Our blackberries are on track to meet or exceed last year's harvest of 30 lbs.
- a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored:
The silos held an abundant harvest of wheat.
- the taking or removal of animals to be killed for food or other uses:
Some have called the harvest of nautilus shells for jewelry and ornaments a “horrendous slaughter.”
- the collection of any resource for future use:
Rules were established to limit the harvest of forest resources for fuel and building materials.
- 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.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
- to gather (a crop or the like); reap:
It’s time to harvest the corn.
- to gather the crop from:
The farmer hired a few day laborers to help harvest his fields.
- to gain, win, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, etc.):
The country hopes to harvest dividends from staging a problem-free Olympics next year.
- to catch, take, or remove (animals), especially for food:
Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river.
- to collect (any resource) for future use:
to harvest solar energy;
spammers who harvest email addresses.
- to extract (an organ or tissue) from a living or dead body, as for transplantation or research:
to harvest a kidney;
to harvest embryos.
verb (used without object)
- to gather a crop; reap:
We saw whole families out in the fields, harvesting.
harvest
/ ˈɑːɪ /
noun
- the gathering of a ripened crop
- the crop itself or the yield from it in a single growing season
- the season for gathering crops
- the product of an effort, action, etc
a harvest of love
verb
- to gather or reap (a ripened crop) from (the place where it has been growing)
- tr to receive or reap (benefits, consequences, etc)
- tr to remove (an organ) from the body for transplantation
Derived Forms
- ˈپԲ, noun
- ˈٱ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ··· adjective
- ·····ٲ [hahr-vis-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- ·· adjective
- -·· adjective
- Dz·· adjective
- ·· noun
- ·· verb
- ܲ··· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of harvest1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of harvest1
Example Sentences
Some 68 years ago today, millions of people tuned into a BBC Panorama report about a Swiss family harvesting spaghetti from trees.
After all, in global trade as in farming, timing and patience often yield the best harvest.
But as soon as the ceasefire was declared, survivors began returning to the ruins of their homes, clearing roads, rebuilding systems, even harvesting what was left of their crops.
This was not an isolated incident: Sri Lankan authorities have seized illegally harvested shark fins on at least 25 separate occasions since January 2021, according to press releases from the Sri Lankan Coast Guard.
But the Leopold clan sees a new empire of wonder-drug riches by harvesting its curative power, including the unicorn’s purple, iridescent blood and the mysterious properties of its occasionally glowing horn.
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