often attributive
1
: the season for gathering in agricultural crops
the beginning of the harvest
2
: the act or process of gathering in a crop
assisting neighbors in their harvest
3
a
: a mature crop (as of grain or fruit) : yield
bountiful harvests
b
: the quantity of a natural product gathered in a single season
the salmon harvest
timber harvests
4
: an accumulated store or productive result
a harvest of revenue
harvested; harvesting; harvests
1
a
: to gather in (a crop) : reap
harvesting corn
b
: to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (salmon, oysters, deer, etc.) for human use, sport, or population control
c
: to remove or extract (something, such as living cells, tissues, or organs) from culture (see culture entry 1 sense 3) or from a living or recently deceased body especially for transplanting
2
a
: to accumulate a store of
has now harvested this new generation's scholarly labors—
M. J. Wiener
M. J. Wiener
b
: to win by achievement
the team harvested several awards
: to gather in a crop especially for food
sold it standing in the field to save himself the trouble of harvesting—Pearl Buck
Pearl Buck
harvester
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Examples of harvest in a Sentence
Noun
The beginning of the harvest varies from year to year.
It is time for the harvest.
They prayed for a bountiful harvest.
We had enormous harvests of corn this year.
Verb
It is time to harvest the wheat.
They want to harvest timber in these woods.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
By the coast of Bangladesh, impoverished farmers turn to fishing to supplement inconsistent harvests and face capture by ransom-seeking pirates.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
Pure Manuka Honey $98 Flamingo Estate Flamingo Estate’s Manuka honey is harvested from Mount Taranaki in New Zealand—a region known for its ability to produce an incredibly potent nectar.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The dryness could impact the quality of many fall harvest crops, such as the test weights of the yields, Glauber said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
By the coast of Bangladesh, impoverished farmers turn to fishing to supplement inconsistent harvests and face capture by ransom-seeking pirates.
—Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
The resulting seeds can be harvested about eight weeks later and should be sown immediately.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
Pure Manuka Honey $98 Flamingo Estate Flamingo Estate’s Manuka honey is harvested from Mount Taranaki in New Zealand—a region known for its ability to produce an incredibly potent nectar.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Harvest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harvest. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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harvest
1 of 2 noun
har·vest
ˈhär-vəst 
1
: the season when crops are gathered
2
: the gathering of a crop
3
: a ripe crop (as of grain or fruit)
also
: the quantity of a crop gathered in a single season
harvest
2 of 2 verb1
: to gather in a crop : reap
2
: to gather as if by harvesting
harvest timber
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