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Pronunciation : Reap
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. repen, AS. ripan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.]
Definition : 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev.

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. Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate Milton.

3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.

4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] Shak. Reaping hook, an instrument having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated.

t. [imp. & p. p. Raped; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Reap
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Reap
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. AS. rip harvest. See Reap, v.]
Definition : Defn: A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913