: to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (salmon, oysters, deer, etc.) for human use, sport, or population control
c
: to remove or extract (something, such as living cells, tissues, or organs) from culture (see cultureentry 1 sense 3) or from a living or recently deceased body especially for transplanting
2
a
: to accumulate a store of
has now harvested this new generation's scholarly labors M. J. Wiener
Noun The beginning of the harvest varies from year to year. It is time for the harvest. They prayed for a bountiful harvest. We had enormous harvests of corn this year. Verb It is time to harvest the wheat. They want to harvest timber in these woods. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The state's chile harvest starts in late July, but gets cranking in August. Susan Montoya Bryan, ajc, 12 Sep. 2022 Soybean prices are having one of the best days of the past decade after U.S. agricultural forecasters trimmed their harvest estimate for the country's top cash crop. Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 Part of their teachings is to only take what is needed and not over-harvest, said Cornelius. Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022 When more crabs are found in these surveys, the harvest levels generally climb. Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022 This classic harvest pastime never goes out of style. Terri Robertson, Country Living, 9 Sep. 2022 This festival hosted by the Paint Creek Center, a Rochester nonprofit, combines traditional fall harvest celebrations with art. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2022 Half Moon Hemp would put roots on these cuttings and begin cloning hemp plants for Hoosier farmers to grow in their fields and harvest. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2022 First of all, the organ harvest joke writes itself. The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
Verb
Let these go to seed, harvest the seeds along with some stem, when the seed head turns brown, but before the seeds start to drop off. Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2022 Hunters who score gators normally eat the meat, and some harvest the hide for belts, wallets and other items. Olivia Lloyd, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2022 Despite the war, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal estimated his country would harvest up to 67 million tons of grain this year, up from 60 million tons last year. Zeynep Bilginsoy, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022 Despite the war, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal estimated his country would harvest up to 67 million tons of grain this year, up from 60 million tons last year. Zeynep Bilginsoy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022 Despite the war, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal estimated his country would harvest up to 67 million tons of grain this year, up from 60 million tons last year. Zeynep Bilginsoy, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2022 Cardinals and house finches are among the species that harvest the seed, but the favorite species seems to be the small but colorful lesser goldfinches. Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Sep. 2022 In the meantime, the outlet reported that nearby local farmers have been coming together to help harvest the farm that was owned by one of the deceased. Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 An in-depth view of the euphoria-inducing plant khat, the lives of those who harvest the crop in Harar, Ethiopia, and the people who are addicted to it. Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English hervest, from Old English hærfest; akin to Latin carpere to pluck, gather, Greek karpos fruit
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1