Reap

Verb

 * 1) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
 * 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.
 * 3) * (Bible) Epistle to the Galatians, ch. 6, v.7
 * For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap. Gal.6.7
 * 1)  Act of a parent process acknowledging that its child process has exited, thereby removing it from the process table. Until the child process is reaped it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
 * 2)  To deprive of the beard; to shave.

Derived terms

 * reaper
 * reap what one sows
 * sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

Noun

 * 1) A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Adverbs for Reap
meritoriously; vigorously; seasonally; happily; gratefully; handsomely; rightfully.

Thesaurus
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, acquire, bag, be seized of, bob, boil down, bring in, capsulize, capture, catch, clip, come by, come in for, come into, compress, condense, contract, corral, crop, crop herbs, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, derive, dig, dock, drag down, draw, earn, elide, enter into possession, epitomize, foreshorten, gain, garner, gather, gather in, get, glean, grabble, harvest, hay, make, mow, net, nip, nut, obtain, pick, pluck, poll, pollard, procure, profit, prune, pull down, reap and carry, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, sack, score, secure, shave, shear, shorten, snub, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take, take in, take up, telescope, trim, truncate, win

Etymology
repen, from repan:, from  (compare  repen, reipen,  repen:), from  'to snatch' (compare  rapere: 'to seize, plunder',  ap-répti 'to seize, embrace',  rjep 'to peel, strip away, tear off', Ancient Greek ἐρέπτομαι:).

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 收割
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 * Italian:
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 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: жнее
 * Polish: kosić
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: жать, сжать
 * Spanish:, cosechar


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Anagrams

 * aper, pare, pear, rape