Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.

    We harvested the apples in September already.

    ernten, einfahren

    собира́ть урожа́йsobirátʹ urožáj, убира́ть урожа́йubirátʹ urožáj

  2. (transitive)To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.

    An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.

  3. (transitive)To take (an organ) from an organ donor.

  4. (intransitive)To be occupied bringing in a harvest.

    We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.

    die Ernte einfahren, ernten

  5. (transitive)To win, achieve a gain.

    The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21.

    erlangen, ernten

More definitions
  • remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation
  • gather, as of natural products

Examples

252 sentences
  1. When will you harvest your wheat?

    Коли в вас жнива? — aandrusiak

    ruКогда вы будете убирать пшеницу? — Selena777

    deWann wirst du deinen Weizen ernten? — Manfredo

  2. We had a bad harvest last year.

    Торік у нас був неврожай. — Ahha

    ruВ прошлом году у нас был неурожай. — marafon

  3. There has been a good apple harvest this year.

    Цього року урожай яблук був гарний. — ascolto

    ruВ этом году был хороший урожай яблок. — heccele

    deEs hat eine gute Apfelernte dieses Jahr gegeben. — mayok

  4. The apple harvest will soon come.

  5. We all helped with the harvest.

    ruМы все помогли с уборкой урожая. — venticello

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to bring in a harvest; reap:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to bring in a harvest; reap:
to be occupied bringing in a harvest:
to win, achieve a gain:

Origin

From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; Aug

From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-.

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Forms

harvests, harvesting, harvested, harvested
Base formharvest · to harvest
3rd person singularharvests
Present participleharvesting
Past simpleharvested
Past participleharvested

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyharvest
he, she, itharvests

Past simpleLesson

all personsharvested

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave harvested
he, she, ithas harvested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill harvest

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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