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
Jillian Kubala, Health, 19 Oct. 2025
The festival, which is spread over a period of five days, also marks the beginning of the new year in the Hindu calendar and celebrates the year’s last rice-crop harvest, according to Journal Storage (JSTOR).
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
The bar and restaurant makes its own wine using grapes harvested from wineries across Northern California.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Green tea differs from matcha in that the tea bushes are typically grown in full sun and aren’t shaded before harvest.
—Jillian Kubala, Health, 19 Oct. 2025
The festival, which is spread over a period of five days, also marks the beginning of the new year in the Hindu calendar and celebrates the year’s last rice-crop harvest, according to Journal Storage (JSTOR).
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
When to harvest before a hard freeze hits Ideally, these crops will only be allowed to be exposed to one or two light frosts to better their flavors without pushing the plants too far.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
The bar and restaurant makes its own wine using grapes harvested from wineries across Northern California.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harvest
Noun
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The newest crop of Euphoria stars all came as surprises — except for one.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to the Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute, cocoa prices have more than doubled since early 2024 thanks to extreme weather conditions which have slashed crop yields in West Africa, which supplies 70% of the world’s cocoa.—
Liz Regalia,
Parents,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Choose your adventure and pick three or pick six from activities not included with admission like apple blasters, paint ball, bungee trampoline, rock wall, mechanical bull, fountain drink, fudge, snow cone, animal feed and cookies.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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Imagine being able to pick fresh oranges right outside your back door, or even better right inside your kitchen.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Just three minutes later, Schneider’s shot-on-goal was deflected by a Canton defender toward the strong-side post, which Handwerk gathered and finished off for the insurance goal.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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About two dozen people gathered at the town council meeting on October 16 to voice concern and distress about drinking, bathing in or washing their clothes in the yellow, brown water as the public comment period stretched over an hour.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tribal officials are also concerned the change in designation for Apostle Islands could affect their treaty rights to hunt and fish in the area because hunting is generally not allowed in national parks.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The chief warned the Kom people not to disturb his body and not to try to fish in the lake that his bodily fluids would create.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Soon the 2012 Super Bowl champion and MVP could reap greater individual rewards from his stint as Cincinnati's new starter.—
Josh Buckhalter,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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For employees, startups used to dangle the carrot of being able to grow with new technology and reap the benefits of being acquired by a larger giant.—
Michelle Castillo,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Harvest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harvest. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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