Harvest
['hɑːvɪst] or ['hɑrvɪst]
Definition
(noun.) the season for gathering crops.
(noun.) the gathering of a ripened crop.
(noun.) the consequence of an effort or activity; 'they gathered a harvest of examples'; 'a harvest of love'.
(verb.) 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'.
Editor: Rochelle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.
(n.) That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath//ed; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.
(n.) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
(v. t.) To reap or gather, as any crop.
Checked by Keith
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Ingathering.[2]. Produce, crops.[3]. Effect, product, result, consequence.
v. a. Gather in.
Typist: Maura
Definition
n. the time of gathering in the ripened crops: the crops gathered in: fruits: the product of any labour: consequences.—v.t. to reap and gather in.—ns. Har′vest-bug -louse -tick a mite or tick of minute size abundant late in summer and very troublesome to people with delicate skins; Har′vester a reaper in harvests; Har′vest-feast the feast made at the ingathering of harvest; Har′vest-field a field where a harvest is or has been; Har′vest-fly in U.S. the popular name for a species of cicada; Har′vest-home the bringing home of the harvest: the feast held at the bringing home of the harvest; Har′vest-lord the head-reaper at the harvest; Har′vest-man (B.) a labourer in harvest; Har′vest-moon the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox rising nearly at the same hour for several days; Har′vest-mouse a very small species of mouse building its nest in the stalks of growing corn; Har′vest-queen an image of Ceres the queen or goddess of fruits in ancient times carried about on the last day of harvest.
Typist: Ronald
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of harvest time, is a forerunner of prosperity and pleasure. If the harvest yields are abundant, the indications are good for country and state, as political machinery will grind to advance all conditions. A poor harvest is a sign of small profits.
Inputed by Alan
Examples
- Pain, for her, has no result in good: tears water no harvest of wisdom: on sickness, on death itself, she looks with the eye of a rebel. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Gorham, of Illinois, built a successful twine binder, and had it at work in the harvest field in 1874. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Here I walked on for some time, but could see little on either side, it being now near harvest, and the corn rising at least forty feet. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- But to gather in this great harvest of truth was no light or speedy work. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We have felt the fierce play of volcanic effort, lifting new continents of opportunity from the infertile sea, without any devastation of pre-existing fields of human toil and harvest. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Incidentally this would also have drowned most of the Dutch harvest and cattle. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He says: The mode of getting in the harvest varies considerably. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Each year they landed, and sowed and harvested a crop of wheat before going on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All of these make good silage when properly harvested and stored. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We have harvested but we have not threshed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There, within easy reach of the rubber trees, they set up their camp and the actual work of harvesting the rubber crop begins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- How otherwise could the Champion Harvesting Machine Company of Springfield, Ohio, turn out an equipped machine every four minutes each working day of ten hours? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This was the situation in the harvesting industry about the time that William Deering took an active interest. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is said that the self-binding reaper has reduced the cost of harvesting grain to less than half a cent a bushel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From the first pages of history we find that the reaping hook or sickle is the earliest tool for harvesting grain of which we have record. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Squirrels were busy with their small harvesting. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Previous to this time, attempts had been made to build harvesting machines which would bind the grain before delivered to the ground, but not one could be considered a success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But it was not only difficult to obtain the necessary materials for building reapers on the remote Virginia farm, it was almost impossible to ship the machines ordered in time for the harvests. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The seasons change; and both of us lose our harvests for want of mutual confidence and security. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He gave them a chance to pay for the reapers with the proceeds of their harvests. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typed by Brandon