American English pronunciation
How to pronounce harvests
IPA transcription: ['hɑɹvəsts]
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Noun
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the yield from plants in a single growing season
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the consequence of an effort or activity
“they gathered a harvest of examples”
“a harvest of love”
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the gathering of a ripened crop
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the season for gathering crops
Verb
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gather, as of natural products
“harvest the grapes”
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remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation
“The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals”
Usage examples
- Multiple harvests can be taken from a single seeding, typically at about ten-day intervals.
- Partial harvests remove uniformly sized individuals with seine nets or gill nets.
- The Iranian plateau harvests trees for making doors, ploughs, and baskets.
- The adjacent plantation harvests flowed through city mills.