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harvest

9 definitions • 20 examples
1
the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that are cut and collected:

Examples:

the grain/potato/grape harvest
We had a good harvest this year.
bumper harvest Farmers are reporting a bumper (= very big) harvest this year.
It won't be long now till harvest (time).
2
to pick and collect crops, or to collect plants, animals, or fish as food:

Examples:

In the US, winter wheat is harvested in the early summer.
By the end of the year, growers in the state will have harvested 1.8 million barrels of fruit.
About 30 million pounds of red snapper are harvested from US waters every year.
Farmers sort the vegetables when they harvest.
3
to take or collect a useful substance, for example water or a chemical element, from somewhere so that it can be used:

Examples:

Hydrogen and oxygen could be harvested from the frozen water reserves.
We use harvested rainwater for most of our cooking.
4
to take cells or other body parts from someone for medical use:

Examples:

6
to get an advantage or something valuable from a situation:

Examples:

He could harvest considerable political capital out of this incident.
The only winners here seem to be the large, for-profit corporations who harvest profits from schools.
7
the activity or time of gathering a crop, or a crop that is gathered:

Examples:

[ U ] We picked the corn that had been missed during harvest.
[ C ] He had a large garden and loved to share his harvest with others.
9

Examples:

Harvesting rainwater offers many advantages: it conserves municipal and well water and it is free.

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