harvest

har|vest1 [ `harvəst ] noun *

1. ) count the activity of collecting a crop:

the corn/potato/grape harvest

a ) singular the time when a crop is collected:

It was harvest time.

a field that had been plowed up after the harvest

b ) count the amount of a crop that is collected:

There will be a bumper (=very large) harvest this year.

Poor harvests increased food prices.

2. ) singular FORMAL the result of something that was done in the past:

The grim harvest of these cuts was an increase in preventable diseases.

3. ) singular LITERARY something other than crops that has been collected:

a rich harvest of knowledge

harvest

har|vest 2 [ `harvəst ] verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive to collect a crop from the fields:

Winter wheat is planted in the fall and harvested in early summer.

farmers harvesting their crops

a ) transitive to collect plants, animals, or other things that can be eaten or used:

Timber is still harvested and milled locally.

b ) transitive LITERARY to collect or obtain something

2. ) transitive MEDICAL to take organs, cells, etc. from a person's body

╾ har|vest|ing noun uncount