Antonyms for harvest
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : hahr-vist |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr vɪst |
Definition of harvest
Origin :- Old English hærfest "autumn, period between August and November," from Proto-Germanic *harbitas (cf. Old Saxon hervist, Old Frisian and Dutch herfst, German Herbst "autumn," Old Norse haust "harvest"), from PIE *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest" (cf. Sanskrit krpana- "sword," krpani "shears;" Greek karpos "fruit," karpizomai "make harvest of;" Latin carpere "to cut, divide, pluck;" Lithuanian kerpu "cut;" Middle Irish cerbaim "cut").
- The borrowing of autumn and the use of fall in a seasonal sense gradually focused the meaning of harvest to "the time of gathering crops" (mid-13c.), then to the action itself and the product of the action (after c.1300). Figurative use by 1530s. Harvest home (1590s) is the occasion of bringing home the last of the harvest; harvest moon (1706) is that which is full within a fortnight of the autumnal equinox.
- noun crops; taking in of crops
- verb gathering of produce
- In a land rich in harvest, children just must not go hungry.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It is the star that is not reached and the harvest sleeping in the unplowed ground.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Calvert and I have been helping our neighbors to get in the harvest.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Harvest after harvest Shakespeare brought forth of astounding quality.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He said the men were rebuilding the stockade and getting in the harvest.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Then boys and girls enter dancing and singing a harvest song.
- Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
- In harvest time the aspect of the country must be one of extreme richness.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- What belief should be sown to blossom forth in a harvest of strength and peace?
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Call her a Harvest Hamper, and braid her lovely locks with strings of onions!
- Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
- How can we expect a harvest of thought who have not had a seed-time of character?
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
Synonyms for harvest
- accumulate
- acquire
- amass
- autumn
- bin
- by-product
- cache
- collect
- consequence
- crop
- cropping
- cull
- cut
- effect
- fall
- fruitage
- fruition
- garner
- garnering
- gather
- gathering
- get
- glean
- harrow
- harvest-time
- harvesting
- hoard
- ingathering
- intake
- mow
- output
- pick
- pile up
- plow
- pluck
- produce
- reap
- reaping
- repercussion
- result
- return
- season
- squirrel
- stash
- store
- storing
- stow
- strip
- summer
- take in
- yield
- yielding
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