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reaped

reaped is the simple past and past participle of reap.

Meaning of reap

Verb

reap (third-person singular simple present reaps, present participle reaping, simple past and past participle reaped or (obsolete) reapt)

  1. (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
  2. (transitive) 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
  3. (transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
    • to reap a benefit from exertions
    Synonyms:
    harvest
  4. (transitive) 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.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) 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...
  6. (euphemistic, slang) To rape.

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Phrases with reaped

Questions about reaped

What is reaped the simple past and past participle of?
Reaped is the simple past and past participle of reap.

Words near reaped in the dictionary

  1. reap'd
  2. reap-silver
  3. reap-time
  4. reapable
  5. reape
  6. reaped
  7. reaped the benefits
  8. reaped the harvest
  9. reaped the whirlwind
  10. reaped what one had sown
  11. reaped what one has sown

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