Definition of "reap"

reap

/ɹiːp/

verb
third-person singular simple present reaps, present participle reaping, simple past and past participle reaped or (obsolete) reapt
1. (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
2. (transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
  Quotations
  And when ye reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reape the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy haruest.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Leviticus 19:9
3. (transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
  Quotations
  Be not deceiued, God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Galatians 6:7
  Why do I humble thus my ſelf, and ſuing / For peace, reap nothing but repulſe and hate?
  1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], page 60
  England manager Roy Hodgson got plenty right with a positive selection and the decision to play Rooney in midfield reaped a rich reward - but his boldest move may also have been his biggest mistake.
  2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport‎
4. (transitive, computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.
  Quotations
  Came there a certaine Lord, neat and trimly drest;Fresh as a Bride-groome, and his Chin new reapt,
  c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene iii]
noun
plural reaps
1. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Definition of "reap"

reap

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