harvesting
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈhɑrvɪstɪŋ/
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cosecha
- The farmers worked tirelessly throughout the day, harvesting the ripe corn from the fields.
- timber harvesting
- oyster harvesting
- harvesting season
Growing crops, harvesting lumber, it'll slow down the fires.
- Growing crops, harvesting lumber, it'll slow down the fires.
- In a situation where the war drags out much longer, several planting and harvesting seasons could be missed.
- If you know, you know, there's nothing worse than harvesting lettuce and it's just slimy and full of slugs.
- When they were talking, it was like high school, which for these two guys involved reading to learn off Slate tablets between harvests.
- It's seen as this massive jump in human evolution where we stopped hunting and gathering, and we began planting and harvesting instead.
Examples
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As in all of their activities, the Illesk practiced sound ecology in their harvesting of trees.
Fiction book (2002) -
Indeed, intensive labor demand for harvesting was the key factor that constrained traditional scales of production.
Academic text (2011) -
Because we spend all summer harvesting for the offering.
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By the end of September, all teams had ended their harvesting work.
Academic text (2008) -
We've been harvesting, harvesting from them almost daily.
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That's a full week of harvesting.
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Autumn comes early to these parts, and the harvesting of grapes is pretty late.
Fiction book (1990) -
In a situation where the war drags out much longer, several planting and harvesting seasons could be missed.
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Additionally, the conservancy seeks to create sustainable harvesting techniques for plants with commercial medicinal value.
Academic text (1993) -
Where exploited on a sustained-yield basis, the bamboo has a harvesting cycle of three to five years.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
166
1.0
The time when farmers gather ripe crops from the fields
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1.0
The time of year when farmers gather crops from fields
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Etymology
Harvesting comes from the old English word hærfest meaning 'autumn' or the time to gather crops, so it originally meant collecting ripe plants from the fields.