— harvestable , adj. — harvestability , n. — harvestless , adj.
/hahr"vist/ , n.
1. Also, harvesting . the gathering of crops.
2. the season when ripened crops are gathered.
3. a crop or yield of one growing season.
4. a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored: a harvest of wheat.
5. the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories.
v.t.
6. to gather (a crop or the like); reap.
7. to gather the crop from: to harvest the fields.
8. to gain, win, acquire, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, plan, etc.).
9. to catch, take, or remove for use: Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river.
v.i.
10. to gather a crop; reap.
[ bef. 950; ME; OE haerfest; c. G Herbst autumn; akin to HARROW 1 ]
Syn. 3. See crop. 5. accumulation, collection, product, return, proceeds.