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- Dictionaryharvest/ˈhɑːvɪst/
noun
- 1. the process or period of gathering in crops: "farmers work longer hours during the harvest" Similar
verb
- 1. gather (a crop) as a harvest: "after harvesting, most of the crop is stored in large buildings" Similar
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to take or collect a useful substance, for example water or a chemical element, from somewhere so that it can be used: Hydrogen and oxygen could be harvested from the frozen water reserves. We use harvested rainwater for most of our cooking. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. harvest verb (BODY PARTS) [ T ]
1. : the season for gathering in agricultural crops. the beginning of the harvest. 2. : the act or process of gathering in a crop. assisting neighbors in their harvest. 3. a. : a mature crop (as of grain or fruit) : yield. bountiful harvests. : the quantity of a natural product gathered in a single season. the salmon harvest. timber harvests. 4.
the extraction of an organ or tissue from a body for the purpose of transplant or scientific research: The new method could improve the harvest of stem cells from umbilical cord blood. the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories.
A harvest is the crop that is gathered in. ...a bumper potato harvest. Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests. Synonyms: crop, yield, year's growth, produce More Synonyms of harvest. 3. verb. When you harvest a crop, you gather it in. Many farmers are refusing to harvest the cane. [VERB noun]
Definition of harvest noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
As a noun, harvest means the time of year when crops are ripe and ready to be gathered. The picked crop is also called a harvest: a bumper crop is a plentiful harvest, and a poor harvest is when things didn’t grow as well as expected. As a verb, to harvest something is to gather, trap, or cull it.
n. 1. The act or process of gathering a crop. 2. a. The crop that ripens or is gathered in a season. b. The amount or measure of the crop gathered in a season. c. The time or season of such gathering. 3. The result or consequence of an action: stuck with the harvest of a predecessor's decisions. v. har·vest·ed, har·vest·ing, har·vests. v.tr. 1. a.