reap

1. v. t. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. Source: opted

2. v. t. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions. Source: opted

3. v. t. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field. Source: opted

4. v. t. To deprive of the beard; to shave. Source: opted

5. v. i. To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest. Source: opted

6. v. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. Source: opted

7. v. gather, as of natural products Source: wordnet

8. v. get or derive Source: wordnet

9. 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev. 2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions. Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate Milton. 3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field. 4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] Shak. Reaping hook, an instrument having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated. To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright. Source: webster

10. To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather aharvest.They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5. Source: adambom

11. v:100 v. gather, as of natural products v. get or derive Source: ecdict

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