Associations to the word «Reap»
Noun
- Sow
- Harvest
- Sickle
- Reward
- Reaper
- Wat
- Cambodia
- Plough
- Benefit
- Plow
- Siam
- Corn
- Dividend
- Karma
- Fruit
- Wheat
- Toil
- Profit
- Barley
- Oat
- Crop
- Harvesting
- Grain
- Pear
- Thom
- Hook
- Advantage
- Thrash
- Labourer
- Sap
- Gather
- Bonfire
- Planting
- Seed
- Furrow
- Millet
- Glory
- Cham
- Bangkok
- Laurel
- Hereafter
- Straw
- Renown
- Stalk
- Foresight
- Perseverance
- Grind
- Morn
- Cereal
- Posterity
- Spoil
- Misery
- Idleness
- Flock
- Farmer
- Bounty
- Rice
- Horus
- Tithe
- Pluck
- Hay
- Rye
- Mccormick
- Laborer
- Joy
- Yoke
- Exertion
- Deed
- Countryman
Adjective
Wiktionary
REAP, verb. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
REAP, verb. 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.
REAP, verb. (computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
REAP, verb. (obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.
REAP, noun. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
REAP HOOK, noun. A sickle.
REAP WHAT ONE SOWS, verb. (idiomatic) To receive as a reward or harvest in the same measure as one's exertions, in a good or a bad sense. To receive justice.
Dictionary definition
REAP, verb. Gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes".
REAP, verb. Get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.