noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɹiːp/
[ˈɹɪi̯p]
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rhymes with -iːp
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sheaf, wheatsheaf
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harvest
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to reap a benefit from exertions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harvest
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To deprive of the beard; to shave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To rape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
gather, as of natural products
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
harvest the grapes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: harvest, glean
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gather, garner, collect, pull together
Narrower terms: cut
9
verb
Meaning 9
get or derive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He drew great benefits from his membership in the association
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: draw
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: derive, gain
History
Etymology
From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h1reyb- (“to snatch”).
Across languages
Translations
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
ръкойка
(rǎkojka)
— bundle of grain
Chinese Mandarin:
捆
(kǔn)
— bundle of grain
Finnish:
lyhde
— bundle of grain
Galician:
mollo
— bundle of grain
German:
Garbe
— bundle of grain
Italian:
balla
— bundle of grain
Italian:
fascina
— bundle of grain
Italian:
covone
— bundle of grain
Spanish:
mies
— bundle of grain
Arabic:
حَصَدَ
(ḥaṣada)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Aragonese:
segar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Aromanian:
seatsir
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Asturian:
segar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Belarusian:
жаць
(žacʹ)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Belarusian:
пажына́ць
(pažynácʹ)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Bulgarian:
жъ́на
(žǎ́na)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Burmese:
ရိတ်
(rit)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Catalan:
segar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Chinese Mandarin:
收割
(shōugē)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Chinese Mandarin:
割
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Chuvash:
выр
(vyr)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Czech:
žnout
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Czech:
žít
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Czech:
kosit
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Dalmatian:
seclur
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Dutch:
oogsten
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Esperanto:
falĉi
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Fala:
segal
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Finnish:
niittää
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
French:
faucher
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Friulian:
seselâ
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Galician:
segar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Gallo:
faoucher
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Georgian:
თიბვა
(tibva)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Georgian:
ცელვა
(celva)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
German:
ernten
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
German:
schneiden
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
German:
mähen
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
German:
sensen
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
German:
absensen
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Greek:
θερίζω
(therízo)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Ancient Greek:
ἀμάω
(amáo)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Ancient Greek:
θερίζω
(therízō)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Hawaiian:
ʻohi
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Hungarian:
kaszál
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Hungarian:
arat
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Italian:
mietere
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Italian:
falciare
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Japanese:
刈る
(karu)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Japanese:
刈り取る
(karitoru)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Kazakh:
ору
(oru)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Latin:
tondeō
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Latin:
metō
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Latin:
dēmetō
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Leonese:
segare
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Macedonian:
жнее
(žnee)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Malay:
tuai
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Malay:
sabit
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Māori:
tapa
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Māori:
tapahi
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Mirandese:
segar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Norwegian Bokmål:
høste
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Occitan:
dalhar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Occitan:
segar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Church Slavic:
жѧти
(žęti)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Old English:
rīpan
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Persian:
درو کردن
(dero kardan)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Polish:
żąć
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Polish:
kosić
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Portuguese:
ceifar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Romanian:
secera
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Romansh:
segar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Romansh:
sagear
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Romansh:
sger
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Romansh:
saer
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Romansh:
sgiar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Russian:
жать
(žatʹ)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Russian:
сжать
(sžatʹ)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Russian:
пожина́ть
(požinátʹ)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Russian:
пожа́ть
(požátʹ)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Russian:
коси́ть
(kosítʹ)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Russian:
скоси́ть
(skosítʹ)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Samoan:
selesele
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Sardinian:
massai
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Sardinian:
mensare
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Sardinian:
messai
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Sardinian:
mentzare
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Scottish Gaelic:
buain
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Serbo-Croatian:
жети
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Serbo-Croatian:
žeti
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Slovak:
žať
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Slovak:
kosiť
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Slovene:
žéti
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Southern Altai:
орор
(oror)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Spanish:
segar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Spanish:
cosechar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Spanish:
socolar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Spanish:
socalar
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Swedish:
skörda
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Tagalog:
gapasin
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Tagalog:
maggapas
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Ottoman Turkish:
اورامق
(oramak)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Ottoman Turkish:
اوراقلمق
(oraklamak)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Ukrainian:
жа́ти
(žáty)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Ukrainian:
пожина́ти
(požynáty)
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Vietnamese:
gặt
— to cut with a sickle or other implement
Chinese Mandarin:
收割
(shōugē)
— to gather by cutting
Chinese Mandarin:
收穫 /收获
(shōuhuò)
— to gather by cutting
Esperanto:
rikolti
— to gather by cutting
Finnish:
niittää
— to gather by cutting
Greek:
θερίζω
(therízo)
— to gather by cutting
Ancient Greek:
ἀμάω
(amáo)
— to gather by cutting
Ancient Greek:
θερίζω
(therízō)
— to gather by cutting
Chinese Mandarin:
獲得 /获得
(huòdé)
— to receive as a reward
Chinese Mandarin:
得到
(dédào)
— to receive as a reward
Dutch:
oogsten
— to receive as a reward
Finnish:
saada
— to receive as a reward
Finnish:
korjata
— to receive as a reward
German:
ernten
— to receive as a reward
German:
einheimsen
— to receive as a reward
German:
einsammeln
— to receive as a reward
German:
sammeln
— to receive as a reward
Italian:
raccogliere
— to receive as a reward
Italian:
maturare
— to receive as a reward
Portuguese:
colher
— to receive as a reward
Russian:
пожина́ть
(požinátʹ)
— to receive as a reward
Russian:
пожа́ть
(požátʹ)
— to receive as a reward