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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


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