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Meaning of 'reap' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reap [ v.]
- A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
2 . Reap [ v. i.]
- To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
3 . Reap [ v. t.]
- To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
- To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
- To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
- To deprive of the beard; to shave.

Meaning of 'reap' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reap [ v]
Meaning (1):
- gather, as of natural products
Example in sentence:
  • harvest the grapes
Meaning (2):
- get or derive
Example in sentence:
  • He drew great benefits from his membership in the association

Nearby Words:

reabsorb reabsorption reaccess reaccuse reach reachable reached reacher reaching reachless

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