harvest

noun

1. 1

   The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.

   The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.

2. 2

   The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.

   This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.

   Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.

   The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.

   To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.

3. 3

   The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.

   The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.

   The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.

   the harvest of a quiet eye

4. 4

   The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.

5. 5

   The third season of the year; autumn; fall.

   Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.

   Libra, or the Balance holdeth in the Navel, the Reins, and the lower parts of the Womb. The Scorpion keepeth the Bladder, Buttocks, and other privatives [sic] of Man or Woman. The Sagitary dwelleth in the Thighs and Buttocks; and theſe three are the ſigns of Harveſt.

6. 6

   A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

verb

1. 1

   To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.

   We harvested the apples in September already.

2. 2

   To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.

   An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.

3. 3

   To take (an organ) from an organ donor.

4. 4

   To be occupied bringing in a harvest.

   We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.

5. 5

   To win, achieve a gain.

   The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.

Forms

plural

harvests

past tense

harvested

past participle

harvested

present participle

harvesting

third person singular

harvests