harvest
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.: See Synonym Study at crop.
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.
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.
to gather a crop; reap: We saw whole families out in the fields, harvesting.
Origin of harvest
1Other words for harvest
Other words from harvest
- har·vest·a·ble, adjective
- har·vest·a·bil·i·ty [hahr-vis-tuh-bil-i-tee] /ˌhɑr vɪs təˈbɪl ɪ ti/ noun
- har·vest·less, adjective
- half-har·vest·ed, adjective
- post·har·vest, adjective
- pre·har·vest, noun
- re·har·vest, verb
- un·har·vest·ed, adjective
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How to use harvest in a sentence
The Pilgrims gather around a harvest table while the members of the Wampanoag tribe largely sit to one side in their own group.
Enhanced, super-specialized versions of today’s large-scale, single-crop agriculture could leave farms increasingly vulnerable to a harvest catastrophe.
New Veggies for a Warming Planet - Issue 92: Frontiers | Viviane Callier | November 4, 2020 | NautilusThis occurs when reduced timber harvests brought about by offset projects simply lead to increased harvesting elsewhere.
How Amazon’s offsets could exaggerate its progress toward “net zero” emissions | James Temple | November 2, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIn regions where tide differentials are big, such as Georgia, parts of Florida, and the Carolinas, low tide is best for easy harvest of oysters.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean | By Bob McNally/Field & Stream | October 19, 2020 | Popular-ScienceSoy delays may have some consequences for corn and cotton planted just after the oilseed harvest.
Coffee prices could surge soon as La Nina heat scorches world’s largest crop supply | Rachel King | September 29, 2020 | Fortune
Despite the trade officially being banned, he explains, timber was still locally harvested and sold.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley | Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAgave plants take up to 10 years to mature before being harvested.
Grab A Shot Glass: Craft Tequila Needs Your Help | Kayleigh Kulp | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTApparently, a great deal can be harvested with only 70 flowerpots.
As Iran’s Marijuana Trade Thrives, Is It Becoming a Nation of Stoners? | IranWire | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen it was harvested en masse, it was frequently ground up as fertilizer.
My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered | Scott Bixby | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEach discovery—many harvested from simple Google Books searches—drew Warmuth in deeper and deeper.
Rye is now being harvested, and is quite heavy: in fact, all the crops promise abundant harvests.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyIf the tobacco of the tropics is fragrant while growing, it is doubly so after being harvested and carried to the sheds.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The seed plants should be left standing some six or eight weeks after the other plants have been harvested.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.They vary with the climate, the topography, the size of the timber, and the kind of product to be harvested.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerThe coming sickly season would make it impossible to pursue them till their growing crops were harvested.
Four American Indians | Edson L. Whitney
British Dictionary definitions for harvest
/ (ˈhɑːvɪst) /
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
to gather or reap (a ripened crop) from (the place where it has been growing)
(tr) to receive or reap (benefits, consequences, etc)
(tr) mainly US to remove (an organ) from the body for transplantation
Origin of harvest
1Derived forms of harvest
- harvesting, noun
- harvestless, adjective
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