Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [reep]
- /rip/
- /riːp/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [reep]
- /rip/
Definitions of reap word
- verb with object reap to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest. 1
- verb with object reap to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.). 1
- verb with object reap to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits. 1
- verb without object reap to reap a crop, harvest, etc. 1
- transitive verb reap farming: harvest 1
- verb reap If you reap the benefits or the rewards of something, you enjoy the good things that happen as a result of it. 0
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Origin of reap
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English repen, Old English repan, riopan; cognate with Middle Low German repen to ripple (flax); akin to ripe
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Reap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
reap popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
reap usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for reap
verb reap
- accessed — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- accessing — the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files.
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- attain — If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort.
- avulse — to remove or take away by force
Antonyms for reap
verb reap
- disject — to scatter; disperse.
- drag up — old subject: raise again
- fetch up — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- hoe — Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
- hoed — a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
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