Meaning of harvesting | Babel Free
Definitions
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The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest. countable, uncountable
- The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest
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The gathering of any resource. broadly, countable, uncountable
- To gather a crop.
- The gathering of any resource
- The act or process of gathering a crop.
- present participle and gerund of harvest
- The crop that ripens or is gathered in a season.
- The result or consequence of an action: stuck with the harvest of a predecessor's decisions.
- To gather (a crop).
- To gather a crop from (land, for example).
- To receive or collect (energy): a turbine that harvests energy from tidal currents.
- 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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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