harvest
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
paganism
religion
Etymology: From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.
Cognates
Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).
Inflected forms:
form: harvests
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: harvist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hervest
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: harst
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hairst
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: harvests
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: harvesting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: harvested
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: harvested
pos: verb
tags: past
form: harvist
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: hervest
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: harst
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: hairst
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.
gloss: The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.
Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.
gloss: The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: The surveillance mission yielded a healthy harvest of intel.
The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
the harvest of a quiet eye
gloss: The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
dialectal
uncountable
examples: Harvest is usually very damp and rainy.
Libra, or the Balance holdeth in the Navel, the Reins, and the lower parts of the Womb. The Scorpion keepeth the Bladder, Buttocks, and other privatives [sic] of Man or Woman. The Sagitary dwelleth in the Thighs and Buttocks; and theſe three are the ſigns of Harveſt.
gloss: A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We harvested the apples in September already.
gloss: To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.
gloss: To take (an organ) from an organ donor.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.
gloss: To win, achieve a gain.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.
Derived words: Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse
go-harvest
harvest break
harvest bug
harvest doll
harvest festival
harvest fish
harvestfish
harvest fly
harvest gold
harvest goose
harvest home
harvest homecoming
harvestless
harvest lord
harvest louse
harvestman
harvest mite
harvest moon
harvest mouse
harvest queen
harvest-ready
harvestry
harvest season
harvest spider
harvest supper
harvest time
home harvest
iron harvest
late harvest
midharvest
nonharvest
postharvest
preharvest
reap the harvest
snow-in-harvest
superharvest
misharvest
out-harvest
overharvest
underharvest
harvestability
harvestable
harvestee
harvester
harvestible
reharvest
unharvested
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: vjeshtë
lang: Arabic
word: حَصَاد
roman: ḥaṣād
lang: Azerbaijani
word: biçin vaxtı
lang: Bulgarian
word: жъ́тва
roman: žǎ́tva
lang: Catalan
word: collita
lang: Czech
word: sklizeň
lang: Czech
word: žně
lang: Danish
word: høst
lang: Dutch
word: oogsttijd
lang: Egyptian
word: S:N35B-U9
roman: šmw
lang: Finnish
word: sadonkorjuuaika
lang: French
word: récolte
lang: Galician
word: seitura
lang: Galician
word: sega
lang: Galician
word: colleita
lang: Georgian
word: მოსავლის აღება
roman: mosavlis aɣeba
lang: Georgian
word: ალოობა
roman: alooba
lang: Georgian
word: მკა
roman: mḳa
lang: Georgian
word: მკის ალო
roman: mḳis alo
lang: Georgian
word: თიბვა-მკის ალო
roman: tibva-mḳis alo
lang: Georgian
word: რთველი
roman: rtveli
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐍃
roman: asans
lang: Greek
word: θέρος
roman: théros
lang: Hebrew
word: אָסִיף
roman: 'asíf
lang: Hungarian
word: aratás
lang: Italian
word: stagione della mietitura
lang: Macedonian
word: жетва
roman: žetva
lang: Malagasy
word: hasotry
lang: Māori
word: kotinga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: innhøstning
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Eifst
lang: Polish
word: żniwa
lang: Portuguese
word: colheita
lang: Russian
word: страда́
roman: stradá
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: же̏тва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: žȅtva
lang: Spanish
word: cosecha
lang: Swedish
word: skördetid
lang: Tamil
word: அறுவடை காலம்
roman: aṟuvaṭai kālam
lang: Ukrainian
word: жнива́
roman: žnyvá
lang: Ukrainian
word: жни́во
roman: žnývo
lang: Vietnamese
word: mùa gặt
lang: Zazaki
word: xesat
lang: Zazaki
word: çinayış