| 1. | Also, har⋅vest⋅ing. the gathering of crops. |
| 2. | the season when ripened crops are gathered. |
| 3. | a crop or yield of one growing season. |
| 4. | a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored: a harvest of wheat. |
| 5. | the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories. |
| 6. | to gather (a crop or the like); reap. |
| 7. | to gather the crop from: to harvest the fields. |
| 8. | to gain, win, acquire, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, plan, etc.). |
| 9. | to catch, take, or remove for use: Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river. |
| 10. | to gather a crop; reap. |
har·vest (här'vĭst) n.
v. tr.
To gather a crop. [Middle English, from Old English hærfest; see kerp- in Indo-European roots.] har'vest·a·ble adj., har'vest·a·bil'i·ty n. |
Harvest tool, networking
A highly scalable, customisable system for discovering resources on the Internet.
Version: 1.3.
(http://tardis.ed.ac.uk/harvest/).
(1999-01-16)
Harvest
the season for gathering grain or fruit. On the 16th day of Abib (or April) a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a first-fruit before the Lord, and immediately after this the harvest commenced (Lev. 23:9-14; 2 Sam. 21:9, 10; Ruth 2:23). It began with the feast of Passover and ended with Pentecost, thus lasting for seven weeks (Ex. 23:16). The harvest was a season of joy (Ps. 126:1-6; Isa. 9:3). This word is used figuratively Matt. 9:37; 13:30; Luke 10:2; John 4:35. (See AGRICULTURE.)