intransitive. To cut and (usually) gather a grain or similar crop, originally (and typically) using a sickle or scythe. Frequently figurative or…

intransitive. To cut down grass, corn, etc., with a scythe or (now usually) a mowing machine.

absol. or intransitive. To cut standing crops; to use a sickle.

intransitive. To contend or strive in doing a piece of work; said esp. of a set of reapers striving to finish their ‘rig’ first.