noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The gathering of any resource.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of harvest
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the gathering of a ripened crop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harvest, harvest home
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gather, gathering
Narrower terms: haying
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Aramaic:
ܚܨܕܐ
— the gathering of a mature crop
Finnish:
sadonkorjuu
— the gathering of a mature crop
Irish:
buainteoireacht
— the gathering of a mature crop
Irish:
sábháil
— the gathering of a mature crop
Irish:
fómhar
— the gathering of a mature crop
Italian:
raccolta
— the gathering of a mature crop
Italian:
mietitura
— the gathering of a mature crop
Japanese:
収納
(shūnō)
— the gathering of a mature crop
Japanese:
収穫
(shūkaku)
— the gathering of a mature crop
Portuguese:
ceifa
— the gathering of a mature crop
Spanish:
recolección
— the gathering of a mature crop