REAP

reap, harvest, glean

(verb) gather, as of natural products; “harvest the grapes”

reap, draw

(verb) get or derive; “He drew great benefits from his membership in the association”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

reap (third-person singular simple present reaps, present participle reaping, simple past and past participle (obsolete) reapt or reaped)

(transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine

(transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.

(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.

(transitive, computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.

(transitive, obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.

Noun

reap (plural reaps)

A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Synonyms

• (bundle of grain): sheaf

Anagrams

• Earp, Pera, Rape, aper, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, rape

Source: Wiktionary


Reap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raped; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping.] Etym: [OE. repen, AS. ripan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.]

1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev.

2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions. Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate Milton.

3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.

4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] Shak. Reaping hook, an instrument having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated.

Reap, v. i.

Definition: To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5.

Reap, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. rip harvest. See Reap, v.]

Definition: A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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