harvest

The crops gathered from fields at the end of a growing season.

• This year's harvest was small.
• The farm produced a record wheat harvest.
• They stored the harvest in a large barn.

How to use it: a harvest of something (They sold a large harvest of apples.)

Similar words: crop, yield

Common phrases: wheat harvest, bumper harvest, poor harvest

The time of year when farmers collect crops that are ready to eat or use.

• Harvest begins in September here.
• The dry weather brought an early harvest.
• We stayed on the farm during harvest.

Similar words: harvest season

Common phrases: harvest time, during harvest, early harvest

The work of gathering crops from fields when they are ready.

• The harvest took three weeks.
• Everyone helped with the rice harvest.
• Heavy rain delayed the harvest in several villages.

Similar words: harvesting, reaping

Common phrases: grain harvest, complete the harvest, begin the harvest

The results, rewards, or consequences of work or actions.

• Their work brought a rich harvest.
• The investigation yielded a harvest of useful information.
• Years of dishonest decisions produced a bitter harvest.

How to use it: a harvest of something (The research produced a rich harvest of new ideas.)

Similar words: yield, results, rewards

Common phrases: rich harvest, bitter harvest, harvest of something

To collect crops from fields when they are ready to eat or use.

• We harvest rice in autumn.
• They harvested the apples before the rain came.
• When will you harvest these potatoes?

Similar words: gather, reap, pick

Common phrases: harvest crops, harvest wheat, harvest the apples, harvest fruit

To catch or kill animals for food or other materials as part of a planned activity.

• Licensed hunters may harvest two deer.
• The fish were harvested from a managed lake.
• Local rules limit how much shellfish people can harvest.

Similar words: take

Common phrases: harvest deer, harvest fish, harvest shellfish