Definition of reap Reap

/ɹiˈp/ - [reep] - reap

We found 16 definitions of reap from 6 different sources.

What does reap mean?

Verb reaps, reaping, reaped
reap - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"
		harvest, glean
		pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain
		cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
reap - get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
		draw
		draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
		derive, gain develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

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reap (Noun)
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
reap (Verb)
To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
reap (Verb)
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.
reap (Verb)
Act of a parent process acknowledging that its child process has exited, thereby removing it from the process table. Until the child process is reaped it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
reap (Verb)
To deprive of the beard; to shave.

reap (v. t.)
To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
reap (v. t.)
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.
reap (v. t.)
To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
reap (v. t.)
To deprive of the beard; to shave.
reap (v. i.)
To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
reap (v.)
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

reap
rēp, v.t. to cut down, as grain: to clear off a crop: to gather by effort: to receive as a reward: to obtain a harvest.—ns. Reap′er, Reap′man; Reap′ing-hook, a hook-shaped instrument, with a handle, for cutting grain: a sickle; Reap′ing-machine′, a machine for cutting grain, drawn by horses, &c.; Reap′-sil′ver, money paid by feudal tenants as a commutation for their services in reaping the crops. [A.S. rípan, to pluck; Goth. raupjan, Ger. raufen.]

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