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   harvest

   /ˈhɑːvɪst/

   noun

   • 1. the process or period of gathering in crops: "farmers work longer hours during the harvest" Similar gathering in of the cropsharvestingharvest timeharvest homereapingpickingcollectingrare:garneringingatheringgleaningculling
   • ▪ the season's yield or crop: "a poor harvest" Similar yieldcropvintageyear's growthfruitsproduce
   • ▪ a quantity of animals caught or killed for human use: "a limited harvest of wild mink"
   • ▪ the product or result of an action: "in terms of science, Apollo yielded a meagre harvest" Similar returnresultfruitsproducteffectconsequenceoutput

   verb

   • 1. gather (a crop) as a harvest: "after harvesting, most of the crop is stored in large buildings" Similar gather ingatherbring intake inreappickcollectrare:garneringathergleancull
   • ▪ catch or kill (animals) for human consumption: "the quantity of squid harvested has risen"
   • ▪ remove (cells, tissue, or an organ) from a person or animal for experiment or transplant.
   • ▪ collect or obtain (a resource) for future use: "the research teams are leading the way in identifying new ways of harvesting the sun's energy"

   Word Origin Old Englishhærfest ‘autumn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herfst and German Herbst, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carpere ‘pluck’ and Greek karpos ‘fruit’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. harvestable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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