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reap
[ reep ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.).
- to get as a return, recompense, or result:
to reap large profits.
verb (used without object)
- to reap a crop, harvest, etc.
reap
/ riːp /
verb
- to cut or harvest (a crop), esp corn, from (a field or tract of land)
- tr to gain or get (something) as a reward for or result of some action or enterprise
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Derived Forms
- ˈreapable, adjective
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Other Words From
- reapa·ble adjective
- un·reaped adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reap1
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Example Sentences
Indeed, it's unclear what, if any, benefits the average Cuban will reap from increased diplomacy between the two countries.
From that, Spinal Solutions stood to reap several thousand dollars from the sale of a single screw.
They are only here to reap the rewards of the American safety net (such as it is) and thereby raise your taxes.
“Yes, you will find it,” Cosmo assures readers, promising to help them “reap the blissful benefits” upon discovering the region.
But if you choose to conduct your discourse in 140-word snaps, or soundbites, then you reap the crop of dumb that you sow.
They are religious who reap a great harvest among souls in this newly-christianized land.
Did they use oil varnish, our successors would at all events reap the benefit, if not ourselves.
The French farmers calculate upon reaping about sevenfold; if they sow one bushel, they reap, between six and seven.
As winter is not their season of love, they reap but little advantage from associating.
It was through her power on the sea that she was able to reap a rich harvest from her war with Spain.
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