harvest

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
2. (countable, uncountable) The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
4. (countable, uncountable) The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
5. (UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
6. (countable, uncountable) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.

Verb

1. (transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
2. (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.
3. (intransitive) To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
4. (transitive) To win, achieve a gain.

Synonyms

crop

reap

produce

yield

collect

pick

⛏️

gather

ingathering

harvesting

cut

reaping

mow

gather in

picking

pick up

pluck

collection

product

dig up

year

autumn

store up

age

cut off

break

harvest season

take

harvest time

crops

assemble

harvest home

vintage

take out

earn

trim

fruit

clear

catch

production

plant

🌱

remove

mark

obtain

glean

gathering

prune

garner

accumulation

take away

scythe

Translations

récolte

récolter

Ernte

cosecha

moisson

ernten

raccogliere

cosechar

raccolto

oogst

oogsten

colheita

συγκομιδή

moissonner

recueillir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: harvest

Inherited from Old English: hærfest

Cognate with Northern Frisian: Hārefst

Cognate with Western Frisian: hjerst

Cognate with Dutch: herfst

Cognate with German: Herbst

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: høst

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: haust

Cognate with Latin: carpere

Cognate with Ancient Greek: καρπός

In summary

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-.
Cognates
Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).

Sentences

The economy of Harvest depends a great deal on residential construction .

I'll start my first peach harvest later this year .