harvest1 nounharvest2 verb
harvesthar‧vest1 /ˈhɑːvɪst $ ˈhɑːr-/ ●●○ noun 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINharvest1
ExamplesOrigin:
Old English hærfestEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- As a result of several bumper harvests, the country now has a grain surplus.
- Even the youngest children would come and help to get the harvest in.
- It should be a good harvest this year.
- September is usually harvest time.
- The harvest is usually ready in July or August.
- The heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year.
- the wheat harvest
- This year's olive harvest was the best since the war.
- As California's harvests begin next month, Juan's plight will highlight a nation's shame.
- Meanwhile the domestic harvest continues apace, with 72 % of the crop gathered.
- Recent harvests have been short and not enough trees have been planted for the future.
- Slower varieties maturing in two months or more need to be sown in July to ensure a lengthy October harvest.
- Spraying is necessary, particularly against fungal diseases, to have a decent harvest of nice-looking fruit every year.
- The harvest was reported on Sept. 19 as being 40,000,000 tonnes down on the amount at the same time in 1990.
- The main harvest will be in July and August, however.
- Who is the firstfruit of a harvest of blessings to come?
Longman Language Activatorthe amount of something that is grown in one season► crop
Collocations the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in one season: · The rain was so bad this year that he lost the whole crop of barley.· With high-yield varieties of rice the farmers can grow two or three crops a year.potato/cereal/rice etc crop: · Indian farmers have doubled their output of cereal crops like wheat.crop failure (=when the crop does not grow or is destroyed): · The famine was caused by drought, which led to widespread crop failure.record/bumper crop (=an unusually large crop): · Thanks to the lovely weather we had a bumper crop of peaches and nectarines this year.
► harvest the crops that are ready to be gathered or that have been gathered at a particular time of the year: · The harvest is usually ready in July or August.a good/bad etc harvest (=when you get a lot of crops or not many): · The heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year.olive/grain/grape etc harvest: · This year's olive harvest was the best since the war.a bumper harvest (=an unusually large harvest): · As a result of several bumper harvests, the country now has a grain surplus.get the harvest in (=gather the crops): · Even the youngest children would come and help to get the harvest in.
WORD SETS► Cropsalfalfa, nounarable, adjectivebarley, nounbran, nouncacao, nouncanker, nouncash crop, nouncassava, nouncereal, nouncocoa, nouncorn, nouncrop, nouncrop-dusting, nouncrop rotation, nouncrop-spraying, nouncultivate, verbcultivated, adjectivecultivation, nouncultivator, noundrill, noundrill, verbear, nounfertilize, verbfertilizer, nounfield corn, noungerminate, verbglean, verbgrain, noungranary, noungrower, nounharvest, nounharvest, verbharvester, nounhay, nounhayloft, nounhaystack, nounhorticulture, nounkernel, nounlift, verbmaize, nounmalt, nounmarket garden, nounmillet, nounoats, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveplant, verbplantation, nounpotato, nounproduce, nounpropagate, verbprune, verbreap, verbrice, nounrice paddy, nounripe, adjectiveroot crop, nounrotate, verbrye, nounryegrass, nounscion, nounseason, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounsheaf, nounsisal, nounsorghum, nounsow, verbsprout, nounstraw, nounstubble, nounsugar beet, nountaro, nountill, verbtillage, noununripe, adjectivevegetable, nounvineyard, nounviticulture, nounwheat, nounwindfall, nounwinnow, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + harvest► good
Phrases· The late frosts ended hopes of a good harvest that year.
► poor/bad (=with few crops)· A series of poor harvests plunged them into debt.
► a bumper harvest (=a very good harvest)· Plum growers are expecting a bumper harvest this year.
► the grain/potato/corn etc harvest· This year's grain harvest is expected to be well over 85 million tons.
harvest + NOUN► harvest time· He hired extra workers to help at harvest time.
► the harvest season· Orchard farmers are busiest during the September and October harvest season.
verbs► bring in/gather in the harvest (also get in the harvest) (=collect the crops from the fields)· They were working late into the night to get the harvest in.
► the harvest fails (=there are no crops or only poor crops)· The potato harvest failed that year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► bumper crop/harvest► harvest/bring in a crop· Brazil's coffee crop begins to be harvested in May.
► a harvest moon (=the full moon that appears in late September or early October)· Over the potato fields a harvest moon was rising.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► bumper· Without a bumper harvest, refinancing will saddle many farmers with more debt that they can handle.
NOUN► festival· To my surprise, she had never heard of harvest festivals.· Sunday, the following afternoon, the three of us went to a harvest festival at the Athens Fairgrounds.· It was as if a harvest festival were enacted daily, for throughout the hours of market the church bell tolled quietly.· People used to come here at night at harvest festival time and pray and dance.· October2000 Many Churches hold a harvest festival at this time of the year.· One of the courgettes has been allowed to grow into a marrow, ready for our own harvest festival.· One time the father was away on business, and the stepmother went out to a harvest festival.
► grain· The world grain harvest during 1992 is expected to be the lowest for five years at 686 pounds per person.· The Soviet Union had a near-record grain harvest of 236m tonnes.· On Nov. 1 it was officially announced that the grain harvest had amounted to a record 240 million tonnes.· The grain harvest reached a record 407,900,000 tonnes, 600,000 tonnes over the previous all-time high of 1984.
► grape· It was estimated that 20 percent of the grape harvest had been lost.· Despite an 11 percent increase in the 1995 California grape harvest, wine prices for consumers will still go up.· We have seasons that seem to revolve round the grape harvest.· But after three relatively small grape harvests in a row coupled with continuing strong consumer demand, grape prices continue to increase.· August brought the grape harvest, centered in Fresno.
► rice· An excellent rice harvest caused prices to plummet by 40 %.· You should go at rice harvest, she said.· The busiest time of the year is the rice harvest, if the crop is good that is.
► season· He was beset by difficulties; it was impossible to carry out the perambulations during the harvest season.· It was the hog-butchering season, a time of communal festivals which ended the long harvest season.· For a while it organised mass meetings outside Eastbourne and Rye and sought to push up wages during the harvest season.· Exempt farmers from federal hours-of-service rules for truck drivers during harvest season.
► time· In the Northern California wine country at harvest time, we favor soaked grapevines added to the coals for our fuel source.· Harvesting and storing Our simple tips on handling and storage at harvest time, the most satisfying season for the kitchen gardener.· A lot of men were in this country at that time of the year; it was harvest time.· You can imagine: old Crumwallis going around with the expression of a Soviet agronomist at harvest time.· By harvest time, the agave is almost hollow inside.· The way the year is running we could have a drought at midwinter and snowdrops at harvest time.· Her chief festival, of course, came at the harvest time.
► wheat· This led to a famine and a delay in the wheat harvest of 2 months.· By the 1880s half the wheat harvest was being exported.· At last the green straw, which had plagued wheat harvest from the start, had disappeared.
VERB► bring· For how are we to bring in the corn harvest with all those strong hands and strong arms gone?· August brought the grape harvest, centered in Fresno.· The same flood tide that had brought such a good harvest of tiles heaped a mass of driftwood on to the Reach.· I mean, how many would-be students are actually bringing in the harvest at this moment?
► reap· In the spring you reap the harvest - or not as the case might be.· And with his prosthetic hand, Harrelson reaps a harvest of bad sight gags.· In the past few years dedicated search projects in the United States have reaped a harvest of the skies.· The gaoler, however, reaped a rich harvest, charging his clients for food, ale, even water.· I know we have the right team for 1992 so let's reap the harvest that is due to us.· He was reaping the harvest he had sown.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► reap a harvest
1[countable, uncountable] the time when crops are gathered from the fields, or the act of gathering themat harvest/at harvest time- And with his prosthetic hand, Harrelson reaps a harvest of bad sight gags.
- In the past few years dedicated search projects in the United States have reaped a harvest of the skies.
every year at harvest timewheat/rice/grape etc harvest It rained for the potato harvest.2[countable] the crops that have been gathered, or the amount and quality of the crops gatheredgood/bumper harvest (=a lot of crops) Plum growers are expecting a bumper harvest this year.poor/bad harvest (=few crops)3reap a harvest to get good or bad results from your actions: The company is now reaping the harvest of careful planning.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + harvestgood· The late frosts ended hopes of a good harvest that year.poor/bad (=with few crops)· A series of poor harvests plunged them into debt.a bumper harvest (=a very good harvest)· Plum growers are expecting a bumper harvest this year.the grain/potato/corn etc harvest· This year's grain harvest is expected to be well over 85 million tons.harvest + NOUNharvest time· He hired extra workers to help at harvest time.the harvest season· Orchard farmers are busiest during the September and October harvest season.verbsbring in/gather in the harvest (also get in the harvest) (=collect the crops from the fields)· They were working late into the night to get the harvest in.the harvest fails (=there are no crops or only poor crops)· The potato harvest failed that year.harvest1 nounharvest2 verb
harvestharvest2 ●○○ verb Verb TableVERB TABLE
harvest
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | harvest |
| he, she, it | harvests | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | harvested |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have harvested |
| he, she, it | has harvested | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had harvested |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will harvest |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have harvested |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am harvesting |
| he, she, it | is harvesting | |
| you, we, they | are harvesting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was harvesting |
| you, we, they | were harvesting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been harvesting |
| he, she, it | has been harvesting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been harvesting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be harvesting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been harvesting |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Harvest tip Instead of harvesting the whole cabbage, cut the head leaving a short stump.
- And like the swallows that harvest the thin fields of air, we must become harvesters of ever more intangible fields.
- Cantaloupes needed to be harvested in the Imperial Valley in May.
- Despite increases in yield per acre, that has led to a steady decline in the amount of dates harvested.
- For Ken Stanier, who's been harvesting apples for 40 years, it's good news.
- Key to the measures is testing for the fungus before each field is harvested.
- Once again this autumn, I lost the race with the squirrels to harvest the hazel nuts.
- The group scatters to harvest the guavas.
WORD SETS► Crops
Collocationsalfalfa, nounarable, adjectivebarley, nounbran, nouncacao, nouncanker, nouncash crop, nouncassava, nouncereal, nouncocoa, nouncorn, nouncrop, nouncrop-dusting, nouncrop rotation, nouncrop-spraying, nouncultivate, verbcultivated, adjectivecultivation, nouncultivator, noundrill, noundrill, verbear, nounfertilize, verbfertilizer, nounfield corn, noungerminate, verbglean, verbgrain, noungranary, noungrower, nounharvest, nounharvest, verbharvester, nounhay, nounhayloft, nounhaystack, nounhorticulture, nounkernel, nounlift, verbmaize, nounmalt, nounmarket garden, nounmillet, nounoats, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveplant, verbplantation, nounpotato, nounproduce, nounpropagate, verbprune, verbreap, verbrice, nounrice paddy, nounripe, adjectiveroot crop, nounrotate, verbrye, nounryegrass, nounscion, nounseason, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounsheaf, nounsisal, nounsorghum, nounsow, verbsprout, nounstraw, nounstubble, nounsugar beet, nountaro, nountill, verbtillage, noununripe, adjectivevegetable, nounvineyard, nounviticulture, nounwheat, nounwindfall, nounwinnow, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► bumper crop/harvest► harvest/bring in a crop
1[intransitive, transitive] to gather crops from the fields2[transitive] to take or collect for use, especially to take a part of someone’s body to put into someone else’s body: · Brazil's coffee crop begins to be harvested in May.
► a harvest moon (=the full moon that appears in late September or early October)· Over the potato fields a harvest moon was rising.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► crop· Be ready to harvest crops from April.· Time allowed 07:47 Read in studio A farmer has turned the clock back fifty years to harvest his crop of wheat.· Recent photo opportunities have shown both candidates replicating famous Benito Mussolini images of harvesting crops and embracing children.· However, these small signs of infection would have arrived far too late for many early harvested commercial crops.· Surely it can only harvest a crop of bald heads as human beings tear out their hair over it?· Occasionally we'd harvest the lighter crops, like sweet potatoes or chillis.· A good solution is to harvest the crop early in September, storing the tubers out of harms way.
► wheat· Read in studio Farmers say that this month's heavy rain has stopped them harvesting much of their wheat.· Time allowed 07:47 Read in studio A farmer has turned the clock back fifty years to harvest his crop of wheat.
His family has given permission for his organs to be harvested.