Category:Reap

Reap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raped; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping.] Etym: [oe. Repen, as. ripan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, g. Raufen to pluck, goth. raupjan, or e. ripe.]

1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to Gather, as a harvest, by cutting. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the Corners of thy field. Lev.

2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the Fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap A benefit from exertions. Why do i humble thus myself, and, suing for peace, reap nothing but Repulse and hate milton.

3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.

4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [r.] Shak. Reaping hook, an Instrument having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- In a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen Instead of serrated.

Reap Reap, v. i.

Defn: to perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a Harvest. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5.

Reap Reap, n. Etym: [cf. As. rip harvest. See reap, v.]

Defn: a bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper As it is cut. [obs. or prov. Eng.] Wright.