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reap

(rēp)

v. reaped, reap·ing, reaps

v.tr.

a. To cut (grain or pulse) for harvest with a scythe, sickle, or reaper.

b. To harvest (a crop).

c. To harvest a crop from: reaping a field.

2. To obtain as a result of effort: She reaped large profits from her unique invention.

v.intr.

1. To cut or harvest grain or pulse.

2. To obtain a return or reward.

[Middle English repen, from Old English rīpan.]

Synonyms: reap, garner, gather, glean, harvest
These verbs mean to collect: reaped what he sowed; garner compliments; gathering reviews of the book; glean information; harvested rich rewards.

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reap

(riːp)

1. (Agriculture) to cut or harvest (a crop), esp corn, from (a field or tract of land)

2. (tr) to gain or get (something) as a reward for or result of some action or enterprise

[Old English riopan; related to Norwegian ripa to scratch, Middle Low German repen to card, ripple (flax)]

ˈreapable adj

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reap

(rip)

v.t.

1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.

2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.).

3. to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits.

v.i.

4. to reap a crop, harvest, etc.

[before 900; repen, Old English repan, riopan]

Reap

reapers collectively; a handful or sheaf of grain, 1388; a set of reapers, 1826.

Examples: reap of beans, 1523; of grain, 1388; of peas, 1523.

reap

Past participle: reaped
Gerund: reaping

Imperative
reap
reap

Present
I reap
you reap
he/she/it reaps
we reap
you reap
they reap

Preterite
I reaped
you reaped
he/she/it reaped
we reaped
you reaped
they reaped

Present Continuous
I am reaping
you are reaping
he/she/it is reaping
we are reaping
you are reaping
they are reaping

Present Perfect
I have reaped
you have reaped
he/she/it has reaped
we have reaped
you have reaped
they have reaped

Past Continuous
I was reaping
you were reaping
he/she/it was reaping
we were reaping
you were reaping
they were reaping

Past Perfect
I had reaped
you had reaped
he/she/it had reaped
we had reaped
you had reaped
they had reaped

Future
I will reap
you will reap
he/she/it will reap
we will reap
you will reap
they will reap

Future Perfect
I will have reaped
you will have reaped
he/she/it will have reaped
we will have reaped
you will have reaped
they will have reaped

Future Continuous
I will be reaping
you will be reaping
he/she/it will be reaping
we will be reaping
you will be reaping
they will be reaping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been reaping
you have been reaping
he/she/it has been reaping
we have been reaping
you have been reaping
they have been reaping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been reaping
you will have been reaping
he/she/it will have been reaping
we will have been reaping
you will have been reaping
they will have been reaping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been reaping
you had been reaping
he/she/it had been reaping
we had been reaping
you had been reaping
they had been reaping

Conditional
I would reap
you would reap
he/she/it would reap
we would reap
you would reap
they would reap

Past Conditional
I would have reaped
you would have reaped
he/she/it would have reaped
we would have reaped
you would have reaped
they would have reaped

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Verb	1.	reap - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" glean, harvest cut - reap or harvest; "cut grain" gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
	2.	reap - get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association" draw draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" gain, derive - obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"

reap

verb

1. get, win, gain, obtain, acquire, derive We are not in this to reap immense financial rewards.

2. collect, gather, bring in, harvest, garner, cut a group of peasants reaping a harvest of fruit and vegetables

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reap

verb

To collect ripe crops:

crop, garner, gather, harvest, pick.

Translations

يَحْصُد

sekatsklízet

høste

schneiden

moissonner

learat

skera korn; uppskera

mietere raccogliere raccogliere i frutti

pjovimo mašina

novākt ražupļaut

colher

пожать

zberaťzvážať

žeti

biçmek

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reap

[riːp] VT (Agr) (= cut) → segar; (= harvest) → cosechar, recoger
to reap what one has sown (fig) → recoger lo que uno ha sembrado
who reaps the reward? → ¿quién se lleva los beneficios?

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reap

[ˈriːp] vt

[+ crop] → moissonner

[+ benefits, profits, rewards] → récolter

reap

corn (= cut) → schneiden, mähen; (= harvest) → ernten; field → abernten

(fig) profit → ernten; reward → bekommen; to reap the fruit of one’s labours → die Früchte seiner Arbeit ernten; to reap a rich harvest → eine reiche Ernte einbringen; to reap what one has sown → ernten, was man gesät hat ? sow¹

vi → schneiden, mähen; (person) → ernten

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reap

[riːp] vt → mietere (fig) (profit, benefit) → raccogliere

reap

(riːp) verb

to cut and gather (corn etc). The farmer is reaping the wheat.

ˈreaper noun

a person or machine that reaps.

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When its head was knocked off, out came a stream of gold, which the Carpenter quickly picked up and said, "Well, I think thou art altogether contradictory and unreasonable; for when I paid you honor, I reaped no benefits: but now that I maltreat you I am loaded with an abundance of riches."

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"Le temps," as a distinguished Frenchman has said, "est un galant homme." He fosters the spirit of concord and justice, in whose work there is as much glory to be reaped as in the deeds of arms.

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In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

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This I was very glad of, you may be sure, and about the latter end of December, which was our second harvest of the year, I reaped my corn.

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It is Capital and Labour over again, for in literature also we reap in gladness what others have sown in tears.

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8: The verse, however (the slaying of Rhadamanthys), is in Hesiod in the "Great Works" and is as follows: `If a man sow evil, he shall reap evil increase; if men do to him as he has done, it will be true justice.'