To reap is defined as to cut, gather or harvest.
(verb)An example of to reap is a wheat farmer harvesting the season's crops.
See reap in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
Origin: ME repen < OE ripan, akin to ripe < IE *reib- < base *rei-, to tear, pull out, rend > row, rive
intransitive verb
See reap in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb reaped, reap·ing, reaps verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English repen
Origin: , from Old English rīpan
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