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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reap \reap\, v. i.
   to perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a
   harvest.
   1913 webster

         they that sow in tears shall reap in joy. --ps. cxxvi.
                                                  5.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reap \reap\, n. cf. as. rimacp harvest. see reap, v.
   a bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper
   as it is cut. obs. or prov. eng. --wright.
   1913 webster
see also:
reap 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reap \reap\ r=ep, v. t. imp.  p. p. reaped r=ept; p.
   pr.  vb. n. reaping. oe. repen, as. rimacpan to seize,
   reap; cf. d. rapen to glean, reap, g. raufen to pluck, goth.
   raupjan, or e. ripe.
   1. to cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as
      grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
      1913 webster

            when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt
            not wholly reap the corners of thy field. --lev.
                                                  xix. 9.
      1913 webster

   2. to gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest,
      or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a
      bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
      1913 webster

            why do i humble thus myself, and, suing
            for peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate?
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. to clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
      1913 webster

   4. to deprive of the beard; to shave. r. --shak.
      1913 webster

   reaping hook, an implement having a hook-shaped blade, used
      in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense,
      distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of
      serrated.
      1913 webster
see also:
reaped reaping reaping hook 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
reap
     v 1: gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" syn: harvest,
           glean
     2: get or derive; "he drew great benefits from his membership
        in the association" syn: draw
see also:
harvest glean draw 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
84 moby thesaurus words for "reap":
   abbreviate, abridge, abstract, acquire, bag, be seized of, bob,
   boil down, bring in, capsulize, capture, catch, clip, come by,
   come in for, come into, compress, condense, contract, corral, crop,
   crop herbs, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short,
   cut short, derive, dig, dock, drag down, draw, earn, elide,
   enter into possession, epitomize, foreshorten, gain, garner,
   gather, gather in, get, glean, grabble, harvest, hay, make, mow,
   net, nip, nut, obtain, pick, pluck, poll, pollard, procure, profit,
   prune, pull down, reap and carry, recap, recapitulate, reduce,
   retrench, sack, score, secure, shave, shear, shorten, snub, stunt,
   sum up, summarize, synopsize, take, take in, take up, telescope,
   trim, truncate, win





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