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- Dictionaryreap/riːp/
verb
- 1. cut or gather (a crop or harvest): "many men were employed to reap the harvest"
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The meaning of REAP is to cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine. How to use reap in a sentence.
to get something, usually something good, as a result of your actions or other people's actions: She studied every evening and reaped the benefit at exam time. This investment in the athletes ' training is already reaping dividends.
When you reap something, you enjoy the rewards of your efforts. When your great audition gets you cast in your dream role, you reap the benefits of all that rehearsing you did. Reap can also describe the act of harvesting crops.
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.). to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits. Synonyms: win, gain, realize, earn, gather.
1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest. 2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.). 3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits.
If you reap the benefits or the rewards of something, you enjoy the good things that happen as a result of it. You'll soon begin to reap the benefits of being fitter. [ VERB noun ]
reap. [transitive] reap something to obtain something, especially something good, as a direct result of something that you have done. They are now reaping the rewards of all their hard work. The company reaped rich dividends with its new strategy for packaging holidays.
rēp. To cut (grain) with a scythe, sickle, or reaping machine. To gather (a crop, harvest, etc.) by cutting. To obtain as a result of effort. She reaped large profits from her unique invention. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
reap (rēp), USA pronunciation v.t. Agriculture to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest. Agriculture to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.). to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits. v.i. Agriculture to reap a crop, harvest, etc.
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