harvestnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈhɑː.vɪst/us/ˈhɑːr.vəst/B2 the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that are cut and collected:
the grain/potato/grape harvest
We had a good harvest this year.
Farmers are reporting a bumper (= very big) harvest this year.
It won't be long now till harvest (time).
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- With the harvest finished, I was able to relax with an easy mind/conscience.
- The drought has made farmers anxious about the harvest.
- How many extra hands will we need to help with the harvest?
- The long hot summer has led to a record harvest this year.
- This year's harvest was one of the most successful since the record crop of 1985.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Farming - general words
- agrarian
- agriculture
- arable
- corn earworm
- cultivate
- farming
- food security
- harrow
- homestead
- produce
- PYO
- rabi
- reap
- rick
- seed
- slash-and-burn
- subsistence farming
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thrash
- till
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harvestverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈhɑː.vɪst/us/ˈhɑːr.vəst/harvest verb [ I or T ] (CROPS)
to pick and collect crops, or to collect plants, animals, or fish to eat:
In the US, winter wheat is harvested in the early summer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Farming - general words
- agrarian
- agriculture
- arable
- corn earworm
- cultivate
- farming
- food security
- harrow
- homestead
- produce
- PYO
- rabi
- reap
- rick
- seed
- slash-and-burn
- subsistence farming
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thrash
- till
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harvest verb [ I or T ] (BODY PARTS)
to take cells or other body parts from someone for medical use:
The donor organ is harvested at the accident scene and rushed to a hospital.
There is a lot of controversy surrounding the harvesting of stem cells.
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Collecting and amassing
- a pack rat idiom
- accumulate
- amass
- assemble
- bank
- bunch
- collect
- collector's item
- compilation
- concentration
- fundraising
- garner
- gather
- glean
- load up on sth
- numismatics
- philatelist
- philately
- scrape sth/sb together/up
- store
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