harvesting

Definitions

1. The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
   countable, uncountable
2. The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest
3. The gathering of any resource.
   broadly, countable, uncountable
4. To gather a crop.
5. The gathering of any resource
6. The act or process of gathering a crop.
7. present participle and gerund of harvest
8. The crop that ripens or is gathered in a season.
9. The result or consequence of an action: stuck with the harvest of a predecessor's decisions.
10. To gather (a crop).
11. To gather a crop from (land, for example).
12. To receive or collect (energy): a turbine that harvests energy from tidal currents.
13. To receive (the benefits or consequences of an action). See Synonyms at reap.

Equivalents

Examples

“American regulations at the time prohibited organ harvesting from brain-dead patients if their hearts were still beating.”

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