reap
/ˈɹiːp/
reap verb: to cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
Verb
reap (third-person singular simple present reaps, present participle reaping, simple past and past participle reaped or (obsolete) reapt)
- To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
- To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
- And when ye reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reape the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy haruest.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 19:9
- Synonyms:
- harvest
- To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
- to reap a benefit from exertions
- Be not deceiued, God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 6:7
- Synonyms:
- harvest
- To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
- Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
- To deprive of the beard; to shave.
- Came there a certaine Lord, neat and trimly drest;
Fresh as a Bride-groome, and his Chin new reapt,c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Came there a certaine Lord, neat and trimly drest;
- To rape.
Noun
reap (plural reaps)
- A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
- Synonyms:
- sheaf, wheatsheaf
reap meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
reap in Hindi
- to reap
- लुनना lunnā
reap in Tamil
- அறுவடை செய், பயன் பெறு
reap in Urdu
- کاٹنا, کٹائی کرنا
reap in Bengali
- ফসল কাটা, ফল লাভ করা
More languagesFewer languages
- reap in Telugu
- కోయు kōyu
- reap in Malayalam
- കൊയ്യുക koyyuka
- reap in Kannada
- ಕೊಯ್ಯು, ಪಡೆ
- reap in Punjabi
- ਵੱਢਣਾ vaḍḍhaṇā, ਖੋਤਣਾ khotṇā
- reap in Assamese
- দোৱা düa
- reap in Nepali
- काट्नु kāṭnu
- reap in Tagalog
- gapasin, maggapas
- reap in Arabic
- حَصَدَ ḥaṣada
- reap in Malay
- tuai, sabit
- reap in Persian
- درو کردن dero kardan
- reap in Vietnamese
- gặt
- reap in Myanmar
- ရိတ် rit
Examples of reap in a sentence
- Why do I humble thus my ſelf, and ſuing / For peace, reap nothing but repulſe and hate?1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […]...
- England manager Roy Hodgson got plenty right with a positive selection and the decision to play Rooney in midfield reaped a rich reward - but his boldest move may also have been his biggest mistake.2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport:
Synonyms of reap
Forms of reap
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | reaps |
| present participle | reaping |
| past participle | reaped |
| past | reaped |
| past participle (obsolete) | reapt |
| past (obsolete) | reapt |
| Noun | |
| plural | reaps |
Origin of reap
From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”).
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Questions about reap
- What does reap mean?
- Reap means to cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
- What is reap in Hindi?
- Reap in Hindi is लुनना (lunnā). See Reap meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use reap in a sentence?
- Why do I humble thus my ſelf, and ſuing / For peace, reap nothing but repulſe and hate?
- What part of speech is reap?
- Reap can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce reap?
- Reap is pronounced /ˈɹiːp/.
- What is the past tense of reap?
- The past tense of reap is reaped.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reap (page history and authors); लुनना (Hindi) (page history and authors); reap (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reap (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reap (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కోయు (Telugu) (page history and authors); കൊയ്യുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); reap (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖੋਤਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); দোৱা (Assamese) (page history and authors); काट्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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