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Dictionary: har·vest   (här'vĭst) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. The act or process of gathering a crop.
    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.
  2. The result or consequence of an activity.

v., -vest·ed, -vest·ing, -vests.

v.tr.
    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.
  1. To gather a crop from.
  2. 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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noun

  1. The produce harvested from the land: crop, fruit, fruitage, yield. See ingestion.
  2. Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, fruit, issue, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See cause/effect.

verb

    To collect ripe crops: crop, garner, gather, pick, reap. See collect/distribute.

 
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v

Definition: gathering of produce
Antonyms: plant, seed


 

Pertaining to or emanating from grain or cereal crops or the harvesting of them.

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  • h. mites — are pests of grain and hay where they are predators on arthropods. The larvae ordinarily parasitize rodents but can infest other animals including humans. The infections are self-limiting but can cause dermatitis of the face and the lower limbs. The lesions are itchy, small scabs, which cause rubbing and stamping of the feet. In pigs the lesions are distributed over most of the body. Called also chigger mites, grain mites, Pyemotes ventricosus, Neotrombicula autumnalis, Eutrombicula alfreddugesi, E. splendens, E. batatas, Lepotrombidium spp., Schoengastia spp.
 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: The gathering in of crops when they are ripe.

pronunciation The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future. — Unknown

 
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Crops have been harvested by hand until recently.
Hay bales after the mechanical harvesting of a field in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

In agriculture, the harvest is the processes of gathering mature crops from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper.[1] The harvest marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and this is the focus of seasonal celebrations of many religions. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-intensive activity of the growing season. On large, mechanized farms, harvesting utilizes the most expensive and sophisticated farm machinery, like the combine harvester. Harvesting in general usage includes an immediate post-harvest handling, all of the actions taken immediately after removing the crop—cooling, sorting, cleaning, packing—up to the point of further on-farm processing, or shipping to the wholesale or consumer market.

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Important factors

Harvest timing is a critical decision, that balances the likely weather conditions with the degree of crop maturity. Weather conditions such as frost, rain (resulting in a "wet harvest"),[2] and unseasonably warm or cold periods can affect yield and quality. An earlier harvest date may avoid damaging conditions, but result in poorer yield and quality. Delaying harvest may result in a better harvest, but increases the risk of weather problems. Timing of the harvest often amounts to a significant gamble.

Etymology

Australians harvest the wheat circa 1900

Before the 16th century, harvest was the term usually used to refer to the Autumn season: in fact the word comes from old English hærfest, which meant Autumn (the German word Herbst has the same origin and still means Autumn). The word is a compound word (hær + fest) and its first part has Indo-European roots in *kerp meaning to gather, pluck, harvest. Compare it with the Latin verb carpere meaning to cut, divide, pluck (Carpe diem). So hærfest indicated originally the joyful celebration of finally being possible to gather the mature crops; it extended afterwards its meaning to the all period beginning with the harvest (autumn). Recall also the expression harvest moon which is recorded since 1706 and indicates the fullmoon within a fortnight of the autumnal equinox (21 of September). However, as more people gradually moved from working the land to living in towns (especially those who were literate), the word came to refer to the actual activity of reaping, rather than the time of year, and the terms Fall and Autumn began to replace it in the former sense. [3]

Other uses

The word harvest commonly refers to grain and produce, but also has other uses. In addition to fish and timber, the term harvest is also used in reference to harvesting grapes for wine. Within the context of irrigation, water harvesting refers to the collection and run-off of rainwater for agricultural or domestic uses. Energy harvesting is the process by which energy (such as solar power, thermal energy, wind energy, salinity gradients and kinetic energy) is captured and stored. Body harvesting, or cadaver harvesting, is the process of collecting and preparing cadavers for anatomical study. In a similar sense, organ harvesting is the removal of tissues or organs from a donor for purposes of transplanting.

See also

References

  1. ^ American Heritage Dictionary (4th ed. ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2000. ISBN 0618082301. 
  2. ^ Alpha-Amylase Activity of Varieties of English Wheat
  3. ^ Please see also etymological dictionaries like Harper’s

 
Translations: Harvest
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - høst, afgrøde
v. tr. - høste, lære en masse, tjene en masse
v. intr. - høstes

idioms:

  • harvest festival    høstfest
  • harvest moon    nymåne ved høsttid
  • reap the harvest    høste lønnen

Nederlands (Dutch)
oogst, opbrengst, het oogsten, beloning, buit, oogsten, vergaren, binnenhalen

Français (French)
n. - moisson, récolte, vendange, (fig) résultat
v. tr. - moissonner, récolter, vendanger, cueillir, (fig) récolter (une information)
v. intr. - faire la moisson, faire la récolte, faire la vendange

idioms:

  • harvest festival    festival/fête de la moisson
  • harvest moon    pleine lune
  • reap the harvest    récolter le fruit de ses efforts

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ernte
v. - ernten, lesen

idioms:

  • harvest festival    Erntedankfest
  • harvest moon    Vollmond im Herbst
  • reap the harvest    ernten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συγκομιδή, καρπολόγημα, σοδειά, θέρος, εποχή θερισμού
v. - θερίζω, μαζεύω, κάνω συγκομιδή, αποκομίζω, συγκομίζω

idioms:

  • harvest festival    δοξολογία για το θερισμό
  • harvest moon    πρώτη φθινοπωρινή πανσέληνος, πανσέληνος του Σεπτεμβρίου
  • reap the harvest    αποκομίζω τους καρπούς

Italiano (Italian)
mietere, raccolto

idioms:

  • harvest festival    festa della mietitura
  • harvest moon    luna di settembre
  • reap the harvest    raccogliere i frutti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colheita (f) (Agr.), produto (m) do trabalho
v. - colher, receber produto do trabalho

idioms:

  • harvest festival    festa (f) da colheita
  • harvest moon    lua (f) da colheita
  • reap the harvest    fazer a colheita

Русский (Russian)
урожай, жатва, время уборки урожая

idioms:

  • harvest festival    праздник урожая
  • harvest moon    полнолуние, ближайшее к дню осеннего равноденствия
  • reap the harvest    снимать урожай

Español (Spanish)
n. - cosecha, recolección
v. tr. - cosechar, recolectar
v. intr. - cosechar, recolectar

idioms:

  • harvest festival    fiesta de la cosecha
  • harvest moon    luna llena del equinoccio otoñal
  • reap the harvest    pagar las consecuencias

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skörd (äv. bildl.), skördetid
v. - skörda (äv. bildl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
收获, 收成, 产量, 收获季节, 结果, 收割, 获得, 得到, 收割庄稼

idioms:

  • harvest festival    收获感恩礼拜, 收获节
  • harvest moon    秋分前后之满月
  • reap the harvest    收获

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 收穫, 收成, 產量, 收穫季節, 結果
v. tr. - 收割, 獲得, 得到, 收穫
v. intr. - 收割莊稼

idioms:

  • harvest festival    收穫感恩禮拜, 收穫節
  • harvest moon    秋分前後之滿月
  • reap the harvest    收穫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수확, 수확기, 수확물, 결과
v. tr. - 거두어 들이다, 수확하다
v. intr. - 작물을 거두어 들이다, 수납하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 収穫, 取り入れ, 収穫高, 収穫物, 収穫期, 結果, 報い
v. - 収穫する, 得る

idioms:

  • harvest festival    収穫感謝祭
  • harvest moon    中秋の名月

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) موسم الحصاد, الحصاد عمليه الحصد, غله أو محصول, ثمرة جهد ما (فعل) يحصد, يجني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יבול, קציר, אסיף‬
v. tr. - ‮קצר, אסף, התנסה בתוצאות‬
v. intr. - ‮אסף, קצר‬


 
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