harvest
noun
[ ˈhɑːvɪst ]
• the process or period of gathering in crops.
• "farmers work longer hours during the harvest"
Similar:
gathering in of the crops,
harvesting,
harvest time,
harvest home,
reaping,
picking,
collecting,
garnering,
ingathering,
gleaning,
culling,
harvest
verb
• gather (a crop) as a harvest.
• "after harvesting, most of the crop is stored in large buildings"
Similar:
gather in,
gather,
bring in,
take in,
reap,
pick,
collect,
garner,
ingather,
glean,
cull,
Origin:
Old English hærfest ‘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’.
