har·vest (här'vĭst)
n.

1. The act or process of gathering a crop.
2. 1. The crop that ripens or is gathered in a season.
   2. The amount or measure of the crop gathered in a season.
   3. The time or season of such gathering.
3. The result or consequence of an activity.

v., -vest·ed, -vest·ing, -vests.

v.tr.

1. 1. To gather (a crop).
   2. To take or kill (fish or deer, for example) for food, sport, or population control.
   3. To extract from a culture or a living or recently deceased body, especially for transplantation: harvested bone marrow.
2. To gather a crop from.
3. To receive (the benefits or consequences of an action). See synonyms at reap.

v.intr.
To gather a crop.

[Middle English, from Old English hærfest.]

harvestable har'vest·a·ble adj.
harvestability har'vest·a·bil'i·ty n.

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