harvest

Definition

  • noun: the season when crops are gathered from the fields or the activity of gathering crops
  • noun: the season for gathering in agricultural crops
  • verb: to gather (a crop)
  • verb: to gather in (a crop)
  • sometimes used figuratively
  • synonyms: gain, reward, crop

Examples

  • The government will reap a bitter 'harvest' of discontent [=many people will be extremely unhappy and angry] if it fails to meet the people's needs.

  • The beginning of the 'harvest' varies from year to year.

  • She has 'harvested' the rewards/fruits of her labors.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and you'll find in a month, I don't care about the scar. Is it, uh...is it why we opened you up? Rest assured, we didn't harvest your organ or anything and we merely slipped a little package in your lower stomach. It's a...it's a new drug the kids in Europe is gonna love, believe me. - What's that? (..)
    2014 Lucy