Webster's Dictionary:
Main Entry: 1har·vest
Pronunciation: \ˈhär-vəst\
Function: 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
4 : an accumulated store or productive result
Main Entry: 2harvest
Function: 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
