harvesting

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The act of collecting crops when they are ripe and ready.

   Like picking all the ripe fruit from a tree at just the right time.

   The harvesting of the apples took the whole family a week.

   Heavy rain delayed the harvesting of the corn this year.

   Similarreaping, picking, gathering

   Oppositesowing, planting

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of harvest. Use this form for the action happening now or for the activity itself.

   The farmers are harvesting the rice before the rain comes.

   Harvesting the olives by hand takes many hours.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The act of collecting any useful material or resource.

   Like gathering up anything useful you can find and storing it for later.

   The harvesting of rainwater helps the village during the dry season.

   Solar panels allow the harvesting of energy from the sun.

   Similarcollection, gathering, extraction, capture

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