Word Meanings - REAP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

repen, AS. ripan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. 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

Additional info about word: REAP

repen, AS. ripan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. 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. 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. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REAP)

• Acquire
• Gain
• earn
• procure
• obtain
• get
• realize
• win
• reap
• Crop
• reduce
• shave
• shorten
• curtail
• Gain Acquire
• profit
• benefit
• attain
• achieve
• reach
• Procure
• provide
• gain
• contrive
• effect
• bring about
• Realize
• Substantiate
• effectuate
• accomplish
• exhibit
• produce
• acquire
• make
• verify
• conceive

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