Standard Lemma guide

reap

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɹiːp/
  • [ˈɹɪi̯p]
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  • rhymes with -iːp
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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

Usage: transitive

Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

Examples

  • 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
  • Spanish: cosechar — to receive as a reward
  • Spanish: recoger — to receive as a reward