harvest
harvest definition
har·vest (här′vist)
noun
- the time of the year when matured grain, fruit, vegetables, etc. are reaped and gathered in
- a season's yield of grain, fruit, etc. when gathered in or ready to be gathered in; crop
- the gathering in of a crop
- 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
- to gather in (a crop, etc.)
- to gather the crop from (a field)
- to catch, shoot, trap, etc. (fish or game), usually in an intensive, systematic way, as for commercial purposes
- to get (something) as the result of an action or effort
- to remove (body parts) for transplantation
Related Forms:
- harvestable har′·vest·able adjective
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