reap
To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machineTo cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
» As you sow, so will you reap.
Что посеешь - то пожнёшь.
Що посієш, те й пожнеш.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
ernten, schneiden, mähen
жатьžatʹ, сжатьsžatʹ, пожина́тьpožinátʹ
жа́тиžáty, пожина́тиpožynáty
(transitive)To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
gather, as of natural products
(transitive)To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
to reap a benefit from exertions
ernten, einheimsen, einsammeln
пожина́тьpožinátʹ, пожа́тьpožátʹ
(transitive)To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
(euphemistic, slang)To rape.
(obsolete, transitive)To deprive of the beard; to shave.
Examples
52 sentencesAs you sow, so will you reap.
Що посієш, те й пожнеш.
ruЧто посеешь - то пожнёшь.
You reap what you sow.
Що посієш, те й пожнеш.
ruЧто посеешь - то пожнёшь.
deMan erntet, was man gesät hat.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
deWie man sich bettet, so liegt man.
We reap what we sow.
ruМы пожинаем то, что сеем.
You must reap what you have sown.
Сам кашу заварив, то сам і розхльобуй.
ruЧто посеешь, то и пожнёшь.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”).
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Forms
reaps, reaping, reaped, reapedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle