harvest

har-vest · noun/verb

imported

Definitions

noun/verb

  1. 1.

    The process or period of gathering crops.

  2. 2.

    To gather a crop.

  3. 3.

    The season's yield of a particular crop.

  4. 4.

    To collect or obtain for future use.

  5. 5.

    The product or result of any action.

Forms

plural: harvests

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    reap what you sow/harvest — receive consequences of one's actions
  • •
    harvest time — the season for gathering crops
  • •
    harvest festival — celebration of the harvest
  • •
    harvest moon — the full moon nearest to the autumn equinox

Related words

Antonyms: plant, sow
See also: agriculture, crop, gather, reap
Synonyms: crop, gather, reap, yield

Etymology

From Old English hærfest ("autumn"), of Germanic origin; related to German Herbst ("autumn"). The original meaning was the season of autumn, which later shifted to mean the gathering of crops that occurs during that season.