English Explanatory Dictionary

reap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
  2. To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
  3. To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
  4. To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
  5. To deprive of the beard; to shave.
  6. To rape.
noun
  1. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹiːp/ [ˈɹɪi̯p] En-us-reap.ogg

Word forms

reap reaps reaping reaped reapt

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

harvest sheaf wheatsheaf

Derived words

as you sow, so shall you reap reapable reaper reap hook reaphook reaping hook reap-silver reap the benefits reap the harvest reap the whirlwind reap-time reap what one sows sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sow the wind, reap the whirlwind unreaped
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