Reap

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• rēp, /riːp/, /ri:p/
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  Rhymes: -iːp

Verb

to reap (reaps, reaped, reaping)

1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
3. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
4. To deprive of the beard; to shave.
5. To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
6. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

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