as in to pick
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
harvest salmon from nearby rivers every year we harvest corn from our own garden
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Recent Examples of harvest
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Here at Nickel & Nickel, all of the work happens before harvest.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Beginning July 1, lobstermen will face strict rules when harvesting certain female lobsters in state and federal waters around outer Cape Cod, extending from Chatham to Provincetown’s Race Point, including a part of upper Cape Cod Bay.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 23 June 2025
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Noun
Plants bear berries on previous year’s growth and need pruning after harvests.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2025
Here at Nickel & Nickel, all of the work happens before harvest.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
And, indeed, in the decades since their previous calculations, the escapement rate had plummeted; the number of redfish harvested, meanwhile, had dropped to the lowest numbers recorded since the 1980s.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Beginning July 1, lobstermen will face strict rules when harvesting certain female lobsters in state and federal waters around outer Cape Cod, extending from Chatham to Provincetown’s Race Point, including a part of upper Cape Cod Bay.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvest
Noun
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Kentucky’s fertile soil yielded abundant corn crops.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Ward said the company will buy about $70 million worth of crops annually.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
Verb
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These kids would be walking around down the road and the F.B.I. would pick them up and take them down to the jail to be interrogated, then tell them to walk home.—
Nick Estes,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
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Since its Sundance debut, the film has played many festivals, from Cannes to Independent Film Festival Boston, which picked Sorry, Baby as the capstone for this year’s edition of the fest.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
26 June 2025
Verb
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However, runoff from these earlier heavy rain will gather in streams and other low-lying areas and is expected to prompt flash flooding.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
27 June 2025
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Pam’s family and friends gathered in the courthouse in Broomfield, Colorado, just outside Boulder in April of 2019.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Verb
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For months after the killings, police followed Weger, a young lodge dishwasher who had fished and hiked in the park most of his life.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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The pair once fished together in New York, and Cuomo visited Lamont in Hartford.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
24 June 2025
Verb
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Those bold enough to double down on inclusion will reap both financial returns and a strategic moat, while their competitors hemorrhage talent and credibility.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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To reap these benefits, time is certainly of the essence.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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“Harvest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvest. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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