vt to clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
2. reap ·vt to deprive of the beard; to shave.
3. reap ·vi to perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
4. reap ·v a bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
5. reap ·vt to cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
6. reap ·vt 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.