Sekirov Dictionary

reap

/ˈɹiːp/

verb 6
noun 1
forms 7
phrases 2

verb6

To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
•
To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
- Be not deceiued, God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape. — 1611
•
To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
- And when ye reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reape the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy haruest. — 1611
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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.
(slang, euphemistic) To rape.
(no longer used) To deprive of the beard; to shave.

noun1

A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

forms

reap'd · reaped · reapt · reaping · reapeth · reaps · reapest

Phrases with reap

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