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to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use
- my great-grandfather had to reap the wheat on his family farm with a hand scythe
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to receive as return for effort
- if you continue to work hard at musicianship, you will reap the rewards of being a concert pianist
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The first known use of reap was before the 12th century
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