harvest

Formsharvests, harvesting, harvested

Pluralharvests

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   pick cropsverbtransitive

   To pick or cut and collect crops when they are ready.

   Like picking all the ripe apples from a tree once they are ready.

   Farmers harvest the wheat in late summer.

   We harvested the potatoes before the frost came.

   Similargather, reap, pick, collect

   Oppositesow, plant

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   crop pickingnouncountable or uncountable

   The work of gathering crops when they are ripe.

   Like clearing a whole garden in one big push when everything is ripe at once.

   The harvest takes several weeks when the fields are large.

   Bad weather slowed the harvest this fall.

   UsageFarmers begin the harvest or finish the harvest.

   Similarreaping, gathering

   Oppositesowing, planting

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3. 3
   crop yieldnouncountable

   The crops that farmers gather in from the fields.

   Like a basket piled high with food collected from a garden.

   This year's harvest filled every barn on the farm.

   The apple harvest was small because of the dry summer.

   UsageSay a good harvest or the apple harvest.

   Similarcrop, yield, produce

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   take from natureverbtransitive

   To catch or take wild animals, fish, or plants for food or other uses, often within set limits.

   Like taking only some apples from a tree so it can keep growing more.

   They harvest fish from the lake only at certain times of year.

   Rangers harvest deer each season to keep the herd healthy.

   UsageWith animals, harvest can sound softer than kill. With trees, it means cut down and collect.

   Similartake, cull, log, fell

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   gathering timenouncountable or uncountable

   The time of year when farmers reap and gather grain.

   The whole family came home for the harvest.

   During harvest, the days are long and the work is hard.

   UsageYou can say at harvest or at harvest time.

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   outcomenounusually singular

   The good or bad result that comes from what you have done.

   Like getting back what you planted: good seeds give good fruit.

   Years of hard study brought a rich harvest of good grades.

   Their kindness earned them a harvest of loyal friends.

   UsageSay a harvest of praise, or a bitter harvest.

   Similarfruit, product, result, consequence, yield

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   gainverbtransitive

   To win something or gain a good result.

   Like collecting prizes after working hard to earn them.

   Good players harvest points whenever they get the chance.

   The team harvested three medals at the games.

   Similargarner, reap, gain, win, net

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   extractverbtransitive

   To take something like organs, data or energy from one place to use it somewhere else.

   Doctors can harvest skin from a patient's leg to cover a burn.

   The free app was secretly harvesting people's email addresses.

   Similarcollect, extract, gather, capture

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