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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harvest \har"vest\, v. t. imp.  p. p. harvested; p. pr. 
   vb. n. harvesting.
   to reap or gather, as any crop.
   1913 webster
see also:
harvested harvesting 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harvest \har"vest\ haumr"ve^st, n. oe. harvest, hervest,
   as. haerfest autumn; akin to lg. harfst, d. herfst, ohg.
   herbist, g. herbst, and prob. to l. carpere to pluck, gr.
   karpo`s fruit. cf. carpet.
   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.
      1913 webster

            seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease. --gen.
                                                  viii. 22.
      1913 webster

            at harvest, when corn is ripe.        --tyndale.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a
      crop, as of grain wheat, maize, etc., or fruit.
      1913 webster

            put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
                                                  --joel iii.
                                                  13.
      1913 webster

            to glean the broken ears after the man
            that the main harvest reaps.          --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. the product or result of any exertion or labor; gain;
      reward.
      1913 webster

            the pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
                                                  --fuller.
      1913 webster

            the harvest of a quiet eye.           --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   harvest fish zool., a marine fish of the southern united
      states stromateus alepidotus; -- called whiting in
      virginia. also applied to the dollar fish.

   harvest fly zool., an hemipterous insect of the genus
      cicada, often called locust. see cicada.

   harvest lord, the head reaper at a harvest. obs.
      --tusser.

   harvest mite zool., a minute european mite leptus
      autumnalis, 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 zool., 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 representing ceres, formerly
      carried about on the last day of harvest. --milton.

   harvest spider. zool. see daddy longlegs.
      1913 webster
see also:
carpet harvest fish stromateus alepidotus whiting harvest fly cicada 
locust harvest lord harvest mite leptus autumnalis harvest louse 
harvest bug harvest moon harvest mouse mus minutus harvest queen 
harvest spider daddy longlegs 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
harvest
     n 1: the yield from plants in a single growing season syn: crop
     2: the consequence of an effort or activity; "they gathered a
        harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love"
     3: the gathering of a ripened crop syn: harvesting, harvest
        home
     4: the season for gathering crops syn: harvest time
     v 1: gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" syn: reap,
           glean
     2: remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the
        purposes of transplantation; "the chinese are said to
        harvest organs from executed criminals"
see also:
crop harvesting harvest home harvest time reap glean 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
127 moby thesaurus words for "harvest":
   accumulate, acquire, aftermath, amass, assemble, autumn, bag,
   be seized of, bearing, bin, bring in, bumper crop, by-product,
   cache, capture, carve, catch, chisel, collect, come by,
   come in for, come into, consequence, consequent, contract, convert,
   corollary, corral, crop, crop herbs, cropping, cultivate, cut,
   cutting, derivation, derivative, derive, development, dig,
   distillate, drag down, draw, earn, effect, enter into possession,
   event, eventuality, eventuation, extract, fall, fruit, gain,
   garner, garnering, gather, gather in, gathering, get, glean,
   gleaning, grabble, grow, harvest home, harvest time, harvesting,
   hay, hide, hoard, ingathering, issue, legacy, logical outcome,
   machine, make, mill, mine, mow, net, nut, nutting, obtain,
   offshoot, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, output, pick, pluck,
   precipitate, proceeds, process, procure, produce, product,
   production, pull down, pump, raise, reap, reap and carry, reaping,
   rear, receive, refine, result, resultant, sack, score, second crop,
   secure, sequel, sequela, sequence, sequent, smelt, squirrel, stash,
   store up, storing, stow away, take, take in, throughput, upshot,
   vintage, win, yield




[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
harvest
     
         a highly scalable, customisable system for
        discovering resources on the internet.
     
        version: 1.3.
     
        home http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/harvest/.
     
        1999-01-16
     
     
see also:
internet lt;homegt; 
[6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
harvest
   the season for gathering grain or fruit. on the 16th day of abib
   or april a handful of ripe ears of corn was offered as a
   first-fruit before the lord, and immediately after this the
   harvest commenced lev. 23:9-14; 2 sam. 21:9, 10; ruth 2:23. it
   began with the feast of passover and ended with pentecost, thus
   lasting for seven weeks ex. 23:16. the harvest was a season of
   joy ps. 126:1-6; isa. 9:3. this word is used figuratively
   matt. 9:37; 13:30; luke 10:2; john 4:35. see agriculture.
   
see also:
agriculture 
[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
harvest, al cdp, fips 33472
  location: 34.85562 n, 86.74989 w
  population 1990: 1922 717 housing units
  area: 32.2 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 35749

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
harvest, al -- u.s. census designated place in alabama
   population 2000:    3054
   housing units 2000: 1146
   land area 2000:     12.423029 sq. miles 32.175497 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    12.423029 sq. miles 32.175497 sq. km
   fips code:            33472
   located within:       alabama al, fips 01
   location:             34.852827 n, 86.748047 w
   zip codes 1990:     35749
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    harvest, al
    harvest



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