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harvest

har·vest

UK/ˈhɑː(ɹ)vɪst/ US/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/ fairly common uk
verb (2) noun (4)

verb

1.

gather, as of natural products

  • “harvest the grapes”
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2.

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”

noun

1.

the yield from plants in a single growing season

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2.

the consequence of an effort or activity

  • “they gathered a harvest of examples”
  • “a harvest of love”
3.
4.

the season for gathering crops

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Origin

From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognates Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).

Phrases

  • Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse
  • harvest break
  • harvest bug
  • harvest doll
  • harvest festival
  • harvest fish
  • harvest fly
  • harvest gold

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