to harvest
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1.6
- verb
- /ˈhɑrvɪst/
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cosechar
- Farmers in the region will start to harvest the ripe corn in late September.
- harvest crops
- harvest rice
- harvest fruit
So it's not it, it, it's, it wasn't harvested at peak ripeness.
- So it's not it, it, it's, it wasn't harvested at peak ripeness.
- Only heirloom seeds can be harvested and regrown year after year.
- So with ginger, you can just harvest off chunks at a time.
- It will sprout more green parts for you to harvest throughout the season.
- This made it impossible to efficiently harvest wheat.
- Oh, yeah, on TikTok, I scroll on Instagram on Stories, but I'm just watching people harvesting garden stuff.
- Like that happens when we, when we harvest methane on land.
- Now the tower is a factory and outside is like where the workers harvest the materials to make candy.
Examples
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Using these figures, the estimated time required to harvest one acre of cotton was twelve days.
Academic text (1991) -
Locals prepare elaborate meals by harvesting the jungle's bounty, especially wild cacao.
Academic text (2008) -
Then when it's time to harvest the food, what do you do?
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Without their help, he would not be able to harvest the yield of the earth by himself.
Fiction book (1994) -
Winter wheat, you plant it in the winter and you harvest it in the spring.
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You need to harvest those crops.
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She'd harvest the crops, man.
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Throughout much of Nepal, several ethnic groups routinely harvest cliff bee nests for honey and wax.
Academic text (1990) -
During the fall, we harvest apples from the orchard to make cider.
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After months of care, we will finally harvest our vegetable garden next week.
Synonyms
129
1.6
Collect food like fruits, nuts, or plants from the wild
104
3.1
To get rewards from your work or to cut and gather crops like grain
1
3.7
To get the results of work, for example gather crops at harvest
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Compounds
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4.7
A full moon that comes soon after the start of autumn and gives extra light for farmers
5
3.3
A community celebration that marks the end of the harvest with food and music
- Archaic
1
7.2
A festival at the end of the farming year when people gather to celebrate crops
A small gray mouse in North and Central America that lives in grain fields and tall grass
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Harvest as a verb goes back to the old English hærfest, which meant 'to gather crops in autumn', so to harvest is to collect plants, fruit, or grain when they are ready. That's why farmers harvest wheat or apples at the right time.