harvest

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English hervest, from Old English hærfest; akin to Latin carpere to pluck, gather, Greek karpos fruit Date: before 12th century 1. the season for gathering in agricultural crops 2. the act or process of gathering in a crop 3. a. a mature crop (as of grain or fruit) ; yield b. the quantity of a natural product gathered in a single season <

deer harvest

> <

ice harvest

> 4. an accumulated store or productive result <

a harvest of revenue

> II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to gather in (a crop) ; reap b. to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (as salmon, oysters, or deer) for human use, sport, or population control c. to remove or extract (as living cells, tissues, or organs) from culture 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

> b. to win by achievement <

the team harvested several awards

> intransitive verb to gather in a crop especially for food • harvestable adjective • harvester noun