| Reap (reap) |
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| v. t. | (r***emacr]p) |
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| Reap |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Reaped (r&emacr]pt); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Reaping.] [OE. repen, AS.
r&imacr]pan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap,
G. raufen to pluck, Goth. < |
To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping
machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
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.
To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to
reap a field.
To deprive of the beard; to shave.
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To perform the act or
operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
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A bundle of
grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
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