harvest

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
2. To kill for meat, slaughter.
3. To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
4. To win, achieve a gain.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/

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-.
Cognates:
Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, 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”).