Definition of reap

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Reap (v. t.) 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..

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Reapproach :: Reapproach (v. i. & t.) To approach again or anew.
Gleaner :: Gleaner (n.) One who gathers after reapers.
Fugue :: Fugue (n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears..
Reaping :: Reaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rea.
Foreappoint :: Foreappoint (v. t.) To set, order, or appoint, beforehand..
Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap..
Chess :: Chess (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus..
Twibil :: Twibil (n.) A reaping hook.
Reapplication :: Reapplication (n.) The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied..
Threap :: Threap (v. t.) To cozen, or cheat..
Reapportionment :: Reapportionment (n.) A second or a new apportionment.
Reaper :: Reaper (n.) One who reaps.
Reappointment :: Reappointment (n.) The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed..
Glean :: Glean (v. i.) To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
Reap :: Reap (v. i.) To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
Harvest-home :: Harvest-home (n.) The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself.
Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping..
Duck :: Duck (v. i.) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
Reap :: Reap (v. t.) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting..
Reaped :: Reaped (imp. & p. p.) of Rea.
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