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 transplanting2 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