reap

Formsreaps, reaping, reaped

Pluralreaps

1. 1
   get rewardsverbtransitive

   To get something good or bad as a result of what you have done.

   If you study hard now, you will reap the rewards later.

   She reaped the benefits of all her practice when she won the contest.

   Similarearn, gain, receive, obtain, get

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2. 2
   harvestverbtransitive

   To cut and collect a crop when it is ready.

   Every family in the village helped reap the harvest in late August.

   They reaped a big crop of corn that year.

   Similarharvest, gather

   Oppositesow

3. 3
   harvestverbtransitive

   To cut grain or a similar plant with a curved blade or a machine.

   He reaped the oats with an old scythe.

   In the past, workers had to reap grain by hand with sickles.

   Similarharvest, cut, mow

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4. 4
   grain bundlenouncountable

   A bundle or handful of grain left on the ground as it is cut.

   The workers left neat rows of reaps behind them as they cut the wheat.

   He picked up a reap of barley and carried it to the cart.

5. 5
   computingverbtransitive

   To fully end a finished task that another program started, so it is taken off the computer's list.

   A parent program should reap each child process after it stops.

   If nothing reaps a finished task, it stays on the list as a zombie.

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