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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.

reap Synonyms

reap

v.

  1. To harvest

    cut, mow, glean, gather, pick, produce, crop, take the yield, gather the fruit, strip the fields, pluck, cull; see also harvest.

    Antonyms plant*, sow, seed.

  2. To gain

    get, acquire, procure, collect, glean, realize, draw, derive, secure, recover, retrieve, take in, profit, obtain, make capital of, pick up, receive, come to have.

    Antonyms lose*, relinquish, give up.

reap Usage Examples

Object

  • reward: We are looking forward to reaping the rewards of a fully managed network service.
  • whirlwind: May they reap the whirlwind at the next election!
  • harvest: Peru's coffee farmers should be smiling, having reaped record harvests last year.
  • dividend: Despite tight control of gasoline prices in Pakistan, they reaped a dividend for the past year of 125 per cent.
  • benefit: Students should then be able to reap some benefits in their own future essays.
  • windfall: So while the Treasury has reaped a windfall as a result of Britain's recent economic success, local government has not benefitted directly.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • such: Local businesses also reap the benefits such as car preparation firms, communication companies, publishers, and car and motorcycle part suppliers.

Adjective complement

  • more: This could develop more allowing authors to reap more of the profit their books generate.

Modifying Another Word

  • sparingly: Paul puts it in this way in 2Corinthians 9:6: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.
  • bountifully: In 2 Corinthians 9:6, the Apostle Paul wrote, " Sow sparingly, reap sparingly; sow bountifully, reap bountifully.
  • generously: If we sow generously we will reap generously because God is faithful to his words.
  • ultimately: Using self-cultivation we ultimately reap the harvest of a well refined character.
  • eventually: Eating a little less food over a period of time will eventually reap rewards.
  • finally: The area is finally reaping the long awaited benefits of the Objective 1 Program.

Used with why or when

  • what: In Bible language: we reap what we sow.
  • where: You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?
  • whatever: Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.
  • What: Reap What You Sow Among the many features at this year's event the Grow It!

Preposition: in

  • joy: He who sows in hope shall reap in joy; therefore, dear reader, " be thou strong, and very courageous.

Preposition: with

  • song: The promise of verse 5: " Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy.
reap Quotes

Keep ye the lawöbe swift in all obedienceö Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. Make ye sure to each his own That he reap where he hath sown; By thepeaceamongourpeopleslet men know weserve the Lord!

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

—Bible (NewTestament)