harvest

== English == === Alternative forms === (all obsolete or dialectal) harvist, hervest, harst, hairst === Etymology === From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/, /ˈhɑɹ.vɪst/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑː(ɹ)vɪst/, /ˈhɑː(ɹ)vəst/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhaːvəst/ === Noun === harvest (countable and uncountable, plural harvests) (agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting. The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits. (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences. The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain. (UK, dialectal) The third season of the year; autumn; fall. (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season. ==== Synonyms ==== (agricultural or horticultural yield): crop, gather, (season of the year): autumn, fall ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === harvest (third-person singular simple present harvests, present participle harvesting, simple past and past participle harvested) (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean. (transitive) To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population. (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest. (transitive) To win, achieve a gain. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === thraves