Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - harvest
Harvest
harvest
n. & v. --n. 1 a the process of gathering in crops etc. b the season when this takes place. 2 the season's yield or crop. 3 the product or result of any action. --v.tr. 1 gather as a harvest, reap. 2 experience (consequences). Phrases and idioms harvest festival a thanksgiving festival in church for the harvest. harvest home the close of harvesting or the festival to mark this. harvest mite any arachnid larvae of the genus Trombicula, a chigger. harvest moon the full moon nearest to the autumn equinox (22 or 23 Sept.). harvest mouse a small rodent, Micromys minutus, that nests in the stalks of growing grain. Derivatives harvestable adj. Etymology: OE h{aelig}rfest f. Gmc
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English hervest, from Old English hærfest; akin to Latin carpere to pluck, gather, Greek karpos fruit Date: before 12th century the season for gathering in agricultural crops, the act or process of gathering in a crop, 3. a mature crop (as of grain or fruit) ; yield, the quantity of a natural product gathered in a single season , an accumulated store or productive result , II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to gather in (a crop) ; reap, to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (as salmon, oysters, or deer) for human use, sport, or population control, to remove or extract (as living cells, tissues, or organs) from culture or from a living or recently deceased body especially for transplanting, 2. to accumulate a store of , to win by achievement , intransitive verb to gather in a crop especially for food, ~able adjective ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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