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Definition of Reaping

Reaping
Reap Reap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raped; p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping.] [OE. repen, AS. r[=i]pan 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. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. --Lev.???. 9. 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. Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate? --Milton. 3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field. 4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] --Shak. Reaping hook, an instrument 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.

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- gathering mature crops, and "the harvest" also refers to the collected crops. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulses for harvest, typically using a scythe...
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- Look up sow the wind, reap the whirlwind in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reaping the Whirlwind may refer to: "Reaping the Whirlwind", a song by Buckethead...
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- called reaping, involving scythes, sickles, and cradles, followed by differing downstream steps. Traditionally all such cutting could be called reaping, although...
- Siem Reap (Khmer: សៀមរាប, Siĕm Réab [siəm riəp]) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province...
- reaping-hook or gr****hook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting or reaping grain...
- see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Khmer script. Siem Reap, officially Siemreap (Khmer: សៀមរាប [siəm riəp], lit. 'Siam's Defeated')...