Word Meanings - HARVEST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. Seedtime and harvest . . . shall

Additional info about word: HARVEST

LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. Gen viii. 22. At harvest, when corn is ripe. Tyndale. 2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gath Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Joel iii. 13. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak. 3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward. The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee. Fuller. The harvest of a quiet eye. Wordsworth. Harvest fish , a marine fish of the Southern United States ; -- called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish. -- Harvest fly , an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada, often called locust. See Cicada. -- Harvest lord, the head reaper at a harvest. Tusser. -- Harvest mite , a minute European mite , of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also harvest louse, and harvest bug. -- Harvest moon, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. -- Harvest mouse , a very small European field mouse (Mus minutus). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants. -- Harvest queen, an image pepresenting Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest. Milton. -- Harvest spider. See Daddy longlegs.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HARVEST)

• Crop
• Reaping
• harvest
• ingathering
• Development
• Outgrowth
• fruit
• crop
• product
• bud

Related words: (words related to HARVEST)

• FRUIT
  The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. (more info) enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin 1. Whatever
• FRUITAGE
  1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• REAPPORTIONMENT
  A second or a new apportionment.
• FRUITIVE
  Eujoying; possessing. Boyle.
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• REAPPOINT
  To appoint again.
• OUTGROWTH
  That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.
• REAPPEARANCE
  A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
• FRUITION
  Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." Rogers. "Godlike fruition." Milton. Where I may have fruition of her love. Shak.
• HARVEST-HOME
  1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest. Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak. 2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden. 3. A service
• FRUITLESS
  1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless
• PRODUCTIVITY
  The quality or state of being productive; productiveness. Emerson. Not indeed as the product, but as the producing power, the productivity. Coleridge.
• HARVESTRY
  The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested. Swinburne.
• PRODUCTUS
  An extinct genus of brachiopods, very characteristic of the Carboniferous rocks.
• REAPPROACH
  To approach again or anew.
• FRUITERESS
  A woman who sells fruit.
• HARVESTMAN
  See 1 (more info) 1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.
• REAPPLY
  To apply again.
• PRODUCTILE
  Capable of being extended or prolonged; extensible; ductile.
• UNFRUITFUL
  Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.
• PREAPPREHENSION
  An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne.
• NONDEVELOPMENT
  Failure or lack of development.
• BREADFRUIT
  The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
• OVERPRODUCTION
  Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill.
• PREAPPOINTMENT
  Previous appointment.
• GRAPE FRUIT
  The shaddock.
• REPRODUCTORY
  Reproductive.