Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense harvests, present participle harvesting, past tense, past participle harvested
1. singular noun
The harvest is the gathering of a crop.
There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.
Synonyms: harvesting, picking, gathering, collecting More Synonyms of harvest
2. countable noun
A harvest is the crop that is gathered in.
...a bumper potato harvest.
Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poorharvests.
Synonyms: crop, yield, year's growth, produce More Synonyms of harvest
3. verb
When you harvest a crop, you gather it in.
Many farmers are refusing to harvest the cane. [VERB noun]
...freshly harvested beetroot. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: gather, pick, collect, bring in More Synonyms of harvest
harvestinguncountable noun
...war is hampering harvesting and the distribution of food aid.
4. verb
If you harvest a large number of things, you collect them, often by making great efforts.
[literary]
In his new career as a restaurateur he has blossomed and harvested many awards. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: collect, get, gain, earn More Synonyms of harvest
5. verb
If someone harvests data, they collect it from different sources, for example on the internet.
Millions of social media users have unknowingly had their personal data harvested. [VERB noun]
6.
See reap the harvest
More Synonyms of harvest
harvest in British English
(ˈhɑːvɪst)
noun
1.
the gathering of a ripened crop
2.
the crop itself or the yield from it in a single growing season
3.
the season for gathering crops
4.
the product of an effort, action, etc
a harvest of love
verb
5.
to gather or reap (a ripened crop) from (the place where it has been growing)
6. (transitive)
to receive or reap (benefits, consequences, etc)
7. (transitive) mainly US
to remove (an organ) from the body for transplantation
8.
to gather (a resource) for future use
harvesting people's data without their consent
Derived forms
harvesting (ˈharvesting)
noun
harvestless (ˈharvestless)
adjective
Word origin
Old English hærfest; related to Old Norse harfr harrow, Old High German herbist autumn, Latin carpere to pluck, Greek karpos fruit, Sanskrit krpāna shears
harvest in American English
(ˈhɑrvɪst)
noun
1.
the time of the year when matured grain, fruit, vegetables, etc. are reaped and gathered in
2.
a season's yield of grain, fruit, etc. when gathered in or ready to be gathered in; crop
3.
the gathering in of a crop
4.
the outcome or consequence of any effort or series of events
the tyrant's harvest of hate
verb transitive, verb intransitive
5.
to gather in (a crop, etc.)
6.
to gather the crop from (a field)
7.
to catch, shoot, trap, etc. (fish or game), usually in an intensive, systematic way, as for commercial purposes
8.
to get (something) as the result of an action or effort
9.
to remove (body parts) for transplantation
Derived forms
harvestable (ˈharvestable)
adjective
Word origin
ME hervest < OE hærfest, akin to Ger herbst (OHG herbist) < IE *(s)kerp- < base *(s)ker-, to cut > shear, short, L caro, flesh, cernere & Gr krinein, to separate, karpos, fruit: basic sense “time of cutting”
More idioms containing
harvest
reap the harvest
Examples of 'harvest' in a sentence
harvest
Along the way they visit a goldmine, a remote farm and a harvest festival by indigenous people.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Suppliers of coffee, which is priced in dollars, have also been hit by poor harvests.
The Sun (2017)
The whole of this season 's harvest had also been requisitioned, so that by the end of the year the people would be starving.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There have been poor harvests around the world and spice prices are soaring.
The Sun (2011)
Our first pictures of schools harvesting their potatoes are showing some great crops.
The Sun (2008)
People who live in the country but who only encounter what it produces at harvest festivals.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
No hedges or ditches and the corn ready harvested.
Iain Gale Man of Honour (2007)
How can we manage our resources in a way that yields an abundant harvest?
Christianity Today (2000)
It is the produce of a single wine harvest in a specific year.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The countryside is now so wet that crops cannot be harvested.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In fact their first year has produced a bumper harvest.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They just harvested the food that was ready.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Cut down the plants and harvest any remaining crops before placing the stems and leaves in the compost bin.
The Sun (2013)
Alas, the harvest is great but the labourers are few.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Just 17 per cent had taken part in a harvest festival.
The Sun (2007)
Growing demand for non-alcoholic cloudy apple juice has helped to make the current harvest season one of the busiest in years.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It intends to clear some of its overflowing stockpiles and make way for freshly harvested grain, while also settling part of its oil imports bill.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The Scandinavian countries have a short harvest season and a long, flat winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Food prices are a risk, in the light of the dreadful summer and reports of very poor grain harvests in Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
harvest
British English: harvest /ˈhɑːvɪst/ NOUN
The harvest is the gathering of a crop.
There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.
American English: harvest
Arabic: حَصَاد
Brazilian Portuguese: colheita
Chinese: 收获
Croatian: žetva
Czech: sklizeň
Danish: høst
Dutch: oogst
European Spanish: cosecha
Finnish: sadonkorjuu
French: récolte
German: Ernte
Greek: συγκομιδή
Italian: raccolto
Japanese: 収穫
Korean: 수확
Norwegian: innhøsting
Polish: żniwa
European Portuguese: colheita
Romanian: recoltă
Russian: сбор урожая
Latin American Spanish: cosecha
Swedish: skörd
Thai: การเก็บเกี่ยว
Turkish: hasat
Ukrainian: врожай
Vietnamese: vụ thu hoạch
British English: harvest /ˈhɑːvɪst/ VERB
When you harvest a crop, you gather it in.
Many farmers are refusing to harvest the cane.
American English: harvest
Arabic: يَحْصِدُ
Brazilian Portuguese: colher
Chinese: 收割
Croatian: žeti
Czech: sklízet
Danish: høste
Dutch: oogsten
European Spanish: cosechar mies
Finnish: korjata sato
French: récolter
German: ernten
Greek: δρέπω
Italian: raccogliere
Japanese: 収穫する
Korean: 수확하다
Norwegian: høste
Polish: zebrać plony
European Portuguese: colher
Romanian: a recolta
Russian: собирать урожай
Latin American Spanish: cosechar
Swedish: skörda
Thai: เก็บเกี่ยว
Turkish: hasat kaldırmak
Ukrainian: збирати врожай
Vietnamese: thu hoạch
All related terms of 'harvest'
harvest fly
→ cicada
grape harvest
the time when grapes are picked
harvest home
the bringing in of the harvest
harvest mite
the bright red parasitic larva of any of various free-living mites of the genus Trombicula and related genera, which causes intense itching of human skin
harvest moon
the full moon occurring nearest to the autumnal equinox
harvest mouse
a very small reddish-brown Eurasian mouse , Micromys minutus, inhabiting cornfields , hedgerows , etc, and feeding on grain and seeds: family Muridae
harvest time
the time or season of the year for the gathering of ripened crops
vine harvest
the gathering of the grapes from grapevines
harvest festival
A harvest festival is a Christian church service held every autumn to thank God for the harvest.
reap the harvest
If you reap the harvest , you benefit or suffer from the results of your past actions or of someone else's past actions.