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Definition of Harvest

1. Noun. The yield from plants in a single growing season.

2. Verb. Gather, as of natural products. "They harvest rye in the field"; "Harvest the grapes"

3. Noun. The consequence of an effort or activity. "A harvest of love"

4. Verb. Remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation. "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals"

5. Noun. The gathering of a ripened crop.

6. Noun. The season for gathering crops.

Definition of Harvest

1. n. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

2. v. t. To reap or gather, as any crop.

Definition of Harvest

1. to gather a crop [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Harvest

1. 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. "Seedtime and harvest . . . Shall not cease." (Gen viii. 22) "At harvest, when corn is ripe." (Tyndale) 2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc), or fruit. "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe." (Joel III. 13) "To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps." (Shak) 3. The product or result of any exertion or labour; gain; reward. "The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee." (Fuller) "The harvest of a quiet eye." (Wordsworth) Harvest fish See Daddy longlegs. Origin: OE. Harvest, hervest, AS. Haerfest autumn; akin to LG. Harfst, D. Herfst, OHG. Herbist, G. Herbst, and prob. To L. Carpere to pluck, Gr. Fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harvest

hartwort Hart Crane harum-scarum harumph harumphed harumphing harumphs haruspex haruspication haruspications

haruspices Harvard Harvard University Harvery Williams Cushing harvest (current term) harvest (current term) harvest-lice harvestable harvested harvester

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