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reap definition

reap (rēp)

transitive verb

  1. to cut (grain) with a scythe, sickle, or reaping machine
  2. to gather (a crop, harvest, etc.) by cutting
  3. to cut or harvest grain from (a field)
  4. to gain or obtain as the reward of action, conduct, work, etc.

Etymology: ME repen < OE ripan, akin to ripe < IE *reib- < base *rei-, to tear, pull out, rend > row, rive

intransitive verb

to reap a harvest, reward, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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