Main Entry: ²harvest

Function: verb

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1 a : to gather in (a crop) : reap b : to gather, catch, hunt, or kill (as salmon, oysters, or deer) for human use, sport, or population control c : to remove or extract (as living cells, tissues, or organs) from culture or from a living or recently deceased body especially for transplanting
2 a : to accumulate a store of <has now harvested this new generation's scholarly labors — M. J. Wiener> b : to win by achievement <the team harvested several awards>intransitive verb : to gather in a crop especially for food

— har·vest·able \-və-stə-bəl\ adjective

— har·vest·er noun