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Webster 1913 Edition

Reap

Reap

(rēp)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reaped
(rēpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaping
.]
[OE.
repen
, AS.
rīpan
to seize, reap; cf. D.
rapen
to glean, reap, G.
raufen
to pluck, Goth.
raupjan
, or E.
ripe
.]
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. xix. 9.
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 of a crop by reaping;
as, to
reap
a field
.
4.
To deprive of the beard; to shave.
[R.]
Shak.
Reaping hook
,
an implement 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.

Reap

,
Verb.
I.
To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
They that sow in tears shall
reap
in joy.
Ps. cxxvi. 5.

Reap

,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
rīp
harvest. See
Reap
,
Verb.
]
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Wright.

Webster 1828 Edition

Reap

REAP

,
Verb.
T.
[L. rapio, carpo; Gr. a sickle, to reap; Eng. crop.]
1.
To cut grain with a sickle; as, to reap wheat or rye.
When ye reap the harvest, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev. 19.
2.
To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
3.
To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward, or as the fruit of labor or of works; in a good or bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
He that soweth to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption. Gal. 6.
Ye have plowed wickedness; ye have reaped iniquity.
Hos. 10.

REAP

, v.i.
1.
To perform the act or operation of reaping. In New England, farmers reap in July and August.
2.
To receive the fruit of labor or works.
They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. Ps. 126.

Definition 2024

reap

reap

English

Verb

reap ‎(third-person singular simple present reaps, present participle reaping, simple past and past participle reaped or (obsolete) reapt)

  1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
    • Bible, Leviticus
      When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field.
  2. To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
    • 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport:
      England manager Roy Hodgson got plenty right with a positive selection and the decision to play Rooney in midfield reaped a rich reward - but his boldest move may also have been his biggest mistake.
    to reap a benefit from exertions
    • Milton
      Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing / For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate?
    • (Bible) Epistle to the Galatians, ch. 6, v.7
      For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap. Gal.6.7
  3. (computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
    Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
  4. (obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

reap ‎(plural reaps)

  1. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Synonyms

  • (bundle of grain): sheaf

Translations

Anagrams

Etymology

Middle English repen, from Old English ripan, reopan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, German reifsen ‘to snatch’, Norwegian ripa ‘to score, scratch’), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep- ‘to snatch’ (compare Latin rapere ‘to seize, plunder’, Lithuanian aprépti 'to seize, embrace', Albanian rrjep ‘to peel, tear off’, Ancient Greek ἐρέπτομαι ‎(eréptomai, “I feed on”)).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rēp, IPA(key): /riːp/
  • Rhymes: -iːp

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