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harvest Definition

har·vest (här′vist)

noun

  1. the time of the year when matured grain, fruit, vegetables, etc. are reaped and gathered in
  2. a season's yield of grain, fruit, etc. when gathered in or ready to be gathered in; crop
  3. the gathering in of a crop
  4. the outcome or consequence of any effort or series of events the tyrant's harvest of hate

Etymology: ME hervest < OE hærfest, akin to Ger herbst (OHG herbist) < IE *(s)kerp- < base *(s)ker-, to cut > shear, short, L caro, flesh, cernere & Gr krinein, to separate, karpos, fruit: basic sense “time of cutting”

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to gather in (a crop, etc.)
  2. to gather the crop from (a field)
  3. to catch, shoot, trap, etc. (fish or game), usually in an intensive, systematic way, as for commercial purposes
  4. to get (something) as the result of an action or effort
  5. to remove (body parts) for transplantation

harvest Related Forms

har′·vest·able adjective

harvest Synonyms

harvest

n.

  1. Crop

    reaping, yield, yielding, fruitage; see crop, fruit 1, grain 1, produce, vegetable.

  2. Product

    intake, results, return, yield; see product 2, result.

  3. A season

    harvest time, summer, fall; see autumn, month, season.

harvest Synonyms

harvest

v.

gather in, accumulate, pile up, collect, garner, crop, cut, pluck, pick, cull, take in, draw in, glean, amass, gather the harvest, hoard, mow, take the yield, take the crop, take the second crop, strip the fields, put in barns, gather the first fruits; see also reap 1, store 2.

Antonyms sow*, plant*, seed.

harvest Usage Examples

Converse of object

reap: Peru's coffee farmers should be smiling, having reaped record harvests last year.

Subject

centrifugation: After 4 hours the cells were harvested by centrifugation.

Adjective modifier

  • bountiful: You are beginning to anticipate having a bountiful harvest of cucumbers for salads and maybe even pickles.
  • abundant: He told the story of the rich farmer whose fields had produced abundant harvests.
  • failed: Failed harvests In 1845, Peel faced the defining challenge of his career.
  • poppy: This year's poppy harvest will be the highest ever and the price of heroin on our streets is the lowest ever.
  • meager: There is little seed in the region to plant, and what meager harvest is expected will not arrive until August.

Modifies a noun

  • supper: Some congregations follow the service with a harvest supper.
  • thanksgiving: In a sense, then, everything is a harvest, and every day a harvest thanksgiving.
  • festival: The walkers returned to Windsor in time for the harvest festival on 19th October.
  • mite: Harvest mite larvae do not burrow into the skin, nor suck blood.
  • mouse: The harvest mouse is the only British mouse to build nests of woven grass well above ground.

Noun used with modifier

  • bumper: News of the bumper harvests have spread quickly from Morang where about 100 farmers are now using the new method.
  • grape: Here we have the chance to walk in the vineyards & experience the grape harvest followed by a wine tasting session.
  • barley: Just nine days remained before the barley harvest here in northern Iraq.
  • wheat: In Europe alone, fusarium head blight destroys a fifth of wheat harvests.
  • grain: Whilst grain harvests are falling, the demand for grain is rising.
  • maize: In the US, around 25 % of the maize harvest is genetically modified.

Preposition: of

righteousness: Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

Preposition: by

centrifugation: After 4 hours the cells were harvested by centrifugation.