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ALL meanings of harvesting

har·vest
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  • noun harvesting Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops. 1
  • noun harvesting the season when ripened crops are gathered. 1
  • noun harvesting a crop or yield of one growing season. See Synonym Study at crop. 1
  • noun harvesting a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored: a harvest of wheat. 1
  • noun harvesting the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories. 1
  • verb with object harvesting to gather (a crop or the like); reap. 1
  • verb with object harvesting to gather the crop from: to harvest the fields. 1
  • verb with object harvesting to gain, win, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, etc.): She has finally harvested the rewards of her dedication. 1
  • verb with object harvesting to catch, take, or remove (animals), especially for food: Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river. 1
  • verb with object harvesting to collect (any resource) for future use: to harvest solar energy; spammers who harvest email addresses. 1
  • verb with object harvesting to extract (an organ or tissue) from a living or dead body, as for transplantation or research: to harvest a kidney; to harvest embryos. 1
  • verb without object harvesting to gather a crop; reap. 1
  • noun harvesting Present participle of harvest. 1
  • noun harvesting gerund of harvest. 0
  • noun harvesting (agriculture) The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest. 0
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