harvest

noun

/ˈhɑːvɪst/

/ˈhɑːrvɪst/

Idioms

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[countable, uncountable] the time of year when the crops are gathered in on a farm, etc.; the act of cutting and gathering crops
- harvest time
- Farmers are extremely busy during the harvest.
Extra Examples
- During the harvest they work from dawn to dusk.
- Potatoes are normally sprayed after harvest.
Topics Farmingc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- abundant
- bountiful
- bumper
- …
verb + harvest
- bring in
- gather
- gather in
- …
harvest + verb
- fail
harvest + noun
- season
- time
- festival
- …
preposition
- after (the) harvest
- during harvest
- during the harvest
- …
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[countable] the crops, or the amount of crops, cut and gathered
- the grain harvest
- a good/bad harvest (= a lot of crops or few crops)
- (figurative) The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing.
- Plum growers say they are expecting a bumper harvest (= a large amount of produce) this year.
Extra Examples
- The strawberry harvest failed because of the drought.
- They were busy getting the harvest in.
- a good harvest of potatoes
- a series of poor harvests in the 1830s
- (figurative) She returned from the conference with a rich harvest of knowledge.
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- abundant
- bountiful
- bumper
- …
verb + harvest
- bring in
- gather
- gather in
- …
harvest + verb
- fail
harvest + noun
- season
- time
- festival
- …
preposition
- after (the) harvest
- during harvest
- during the harvest
- …
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Word OriginOld English hærfest ‘autumn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herfst and German Herbst, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carpere ‘pluck’ and Greek karpos ‘fruit’.

Idioms

reap a/the harvest

(British English) to benefit or suffer as a direct result of something that you have done

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harvest

verb

/ˈhɑːvɪst/

/ˈhɑːrvɪst/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they harvest	/ˈhɑːvɪst/ /ˈhɑːrvɪst/
he / she / it harvests	/ˈhɑːvɪsts/ /ˈhɑːrvɪsts/
past simple harvested	/ˈhɑːvɪstɪd/ /ˈhɑːrvɪstɪd/
past participle harvested	/ˈhɑːvɪstɪd/ /ˈhɑːrvɪstɪd/
-ing form harvesting	/ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ/ /ˈhɑːrvɪstɪŋ/

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[intransitive, transitive] harvest (something) to cut and gather a crop; to catch a number of animals or fish to eat
Extra Examples
- The nuts are ready to harvest in September.
- In the US, more than 130 000 tons of live oysters are harvested each year.
- Winter wheat is harvested in late July and early August.
Collocations Farming
FarmingGrowing food and raising animals
- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
Modern farming
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
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[transitive] harvest something (medical) to collect cells or tissue from somebody’s body for use in medical experiments or operations
- She had her eggs harvested and frozen for her own future use.