Harvest

[A-S. hārefest, hār-fest, harfest, hearfest, herfest, harvest, autumn. L. Ger. herfst, D. herfst, O. H. Ger. herbiest, M. H. Ger. herbest, N. H. Ger. herbst, allied to Gr. καρπός, fruit, καρπίζειν, to pluck or gather fruit; Icel. haust, Dan. & Sw. höst.]

1Sense 1. The season of gathering a crop of any kind; the time of reaping the corn and grain. “At harvest, when corn is ripe.” Tyndale.

2Sense 2. That which is reaped; the ripe corn and grain when cut and gathered in.

To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak.

3Sense 3. The product of any labor; gain.

The pope’s principal harvest was in the jubilee. Fuller.

[imp. & p. p. HARVESTED; p. pr. & vb. n. HARVESTING.] To reap or gather, as corn and other fruits, for the use of man and beast.