I. ˈhär-vəst 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
1. : the season for gathering in agricultural crops
2. : the act or process of gathering in a crop
3.
a. : a mature crop (as of grain or fruit) : yield
b. : the quantity of a natural product gathered in a single season
deer harvest
ice harvest
4. : an accumulated store or productive result
a harvest of revenue
II. verb
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to gather in (a crop) : reap
b. : to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (as salmon, oysters, or deer) for human use, sport, or population control
c. : to remove or extract (as living cells, tissues, or organs) from culture or from a living or recently deceased body especially for transplanting
2.
a. : to accumulate a store of
has now harvest ed this new generation's scholarly labors — M. J. Wiener
b. : to win by achievement
the team harvest ed several awards
intransitive verb
: to gather in a crop especially for food
• har·vest·able -və-stə-bəl adjective
• har·vest·er noun