What is "harvest"

Harvest \Har"vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harvested; p. pr. & vb. n. Harvesting.] To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvest \Har"vest\ (h[aum]r"v[e^]st), n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[ae]rfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. karpo`s fruit. Cf. Carpet.]

1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

   Seedtime and harvest . . . shall not cease.
   --Gen. viii. 2

2. At harvest, when corn is ripe.
   --Tyndale.

   2. That which is reaped or ready to be reaped or gathered; a crop, as of grain (wheat, maize, etc.), or fruit.

   Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
   --Joel iii. 1

3. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps.
   --Shak.

   3. The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.

   The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
   --Fuller.

   The harvest of a quiet eye.
   --Wordsworth.

   Harvest fish (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish of the Southern United States ( Stromateus alepidotus); -- called whiting in Virginia. Also applied to the dollar fish.

   Harvest fly (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect of the genus Cicada, often called locust. See Cicada.

   Harvest lord, the head reaper at a harvest. [Obs.]
   --Tusser.

   Harvest mite (Zo["o]l.), a minute European mite ( Leptus autumnalis), of a bright crimson color, which is troublesome by penetrating the skin of man and domestic animals; -- called also harvest louse, and harvest bug.

   Harvest moon, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days.

   Harvest mouse (Zo["o]l.), a very small European field mouse ( Mus minutus). It builds a globular nest on the stems of wheat and other plants.

   Harvest queen, an image representing Ceres, formerly carried about on the last day of harvest.
   --Milton.

   Harvest spider. (Zo["o]l.) See Daddy longlegs.

Old English hærfest "autumn, period between August and November," from Proto-Germanic *harbitas (cognates: Old Saxon hervist, Old Frisian and Dutch herfst, German Herbst "autumn," Old Norse haust "harvest"), from PIE *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest" (cognates: Sanskrit krpana- "sword," krpani "shears;" Greek karpos "fruit," karpizomai "make harvest of;" Latin carpere "to cut, divide, pluck;" Lithuanian kerpu "cut;" Middle Irish cerbaim "cut").\n

\nThe borrowing of autumn and the use of fall in a seasonal sense gradually focused the meaning of harvest to "the time of gathering crops" (mid-13c.), then to the action itself and the product of the action (after c.1300). Figurative use by 1530s. Harvest home (1590s) is the occasion of bringing home the last of the harvest; harvest moon (1706) is that which is full within a fortnight of the autumnal equinox.

c.1400, from harvest (n.). Of wild animals, from 1947; of cells, from 1946. Related: Harvested; harvesting.

n. 1 (context UK dialectal English) The third season of the year; autumn; fall. 2 The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain. 3 The process of harvesting, gathering the ripened crop. 4 The yield of harvesting, i.e. the gathered crops or fruits. 5 (context by extension English) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward. 6 (context paganism English) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean. 2 (context intransitive English) To be occupied bringing in a harvest 3 (context transitive English) To win, achieve a gain.

1. n. the yield from plants in a single growing season [syn: crop]

2. the consequence of an effort or activity; "they gathered a harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love"

3. the gathering of a ripened crop [syn: harvesting, harvest home]

4. the season for gathering crops [syn: harvest time]

1. v. gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" [syn: reap, glean]

2. remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals"

Harvest is the time of year (autumn) when most harvesting is done.

Harvesting is the act or process of gathering mature crops from the fields.

Harvesting is also the gathering (hunting, trapping, or fishing) of wildlife or domestic animals.

Organ harvesting is the collection of viable organs from dead or dying donors for organ transplantation.

Harvest may also refer to:

Harvest was an American Neopagan magazine, published eight times a year between 1980 and 1992.

Harvest is the fifth studio full-length album by Dragon Ash, released in 2003.

Harvest was a Christian band founded in Lindale, Texas by Jerry Williams in 1977. The vision of Harvest was to see 100 million people come to know Jesus Christ personally through the band's music ministry.

Harvest is the fourth album by the Canadian musician Neil Young, released on February 14, 1972 on Reprise Records, catalogue MS 2032. It featured the London Symphony Orchestra on two tracks and vocals by noted guests David Crosby, Graham Nash, Linda Ronstadt, Stephen Stills, and James Taylor. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks, and spawned two hit singles, " Old Man", which peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100, and " Heart of Gold", which reached #1. It was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States.

Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-intensive activity of the growing season. On large mechanized farms, harvesting utilizes the most expensive and sophisticated farm machinery, such as the combine harvester. The term "harvesting" in general usage may include immediate postharvest handling, including cleaning, sorting, packing, and cooling.

The completion of harvesting marks the end of the growing season, or the growing cycle for a particular crop, and the social importance of this event makes it the focus of seasonal celebrations such as harvest festivals, found in many religions.

The harvesting of wine grapes ( Vintage) is one of the most crucial steps in the process of wine-making. The time of harvest is determined primarily by the ripeness of the grape as measured by sugar, acid and tannin levels with winemakers basing their decision to pick based on the style of wine they wish to produce. The weather can also shape the timetable of harvesting with the threat of heat, rain, hail, and frost which can damage the grapes and bring about various vine diseases. In addition to determining the time of the harvest, winemakers and vineyard owners must also determine whether to use hand pickers or mechanical harvesters. The harvest season typically falls between August & October in the Northern Hemisphere and February & April in the Southern Hemisphere. With various climate conditions, grape varieties, and wine styles the harvesting of grapes could happen in every month of the calendar year somewhere in the world. In the New World it is often referred to as the crush.

Harvest is a 1967 American documentary film produced by Carroll Ballard. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film portrays the American farm and farmer at harvest time, beginning in Texas with the first cutting of winter wheat, and following the season north to the Canada–United States border.

"Harvest" is the 14th episode of the second season of the American television show Numb3rs. Inspired by a Christian Science Monitor article about organ tourists, people who travel to a different country in order to donate their organs for money, and an algorithm developed in the United States, the episode features Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents and mathematicians attempting to locate a missing organ tourist before she is killed.

After airing in the United States on CBS on January 27, 2006, the episode received mixed reviews. Critics enjoyed it while the medical community was concerned about the impact that the episode would have on organ donations. "Harvest" has inspired two academic case studies in which viewers were more likely to donate their organs after watching the episode. The episode also has won one award and has been nominated for another award.

Harvest is the tenth studio album by Japanese band Tokio, released on October 18, 2006. It is one of Tokio's most successful albums, having peaked at second place on the Oricon weekly charts and charted for eighteen weeks.

Harvest is a web-based time tracking tool developed and launched by Iridesco LLC in 2006.

Harvest (German: Ernte) is a 1936 Austrian romance film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Paula Wessely, Attila Hörbiger and Artúr Somlay. It is also known by the alternative title Die Julika.

Harvest is a novel by Jim Crace, published in 2013 by Picador. Crace has stated that Harvest would be his final novel.

Harvest was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize, shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize (2014), and won the 2013 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2015.

Harvest' is an album by bassist Richard Davis recorded in 1977 but not released on the Muse label until 1979.

Harvest is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marcel Pagnol, starring Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Marguerite Moreno and Gabriel Gabrio. The narrative revolves a farming village where only three inhabitants remain, but they are told that if only one of them, Panturle, manages to find a wife, the village will be able to prosper again. The film is based on the 1930 novel Second Harvest by Jean Giono. It was released in France on 28 October 1937 and in the United States on 2 October 1939.

Harvest is a play by Manjula Padmanabhan concerned with organ-selling in India set in the near future. It was first published in 1997 by Kali for women. It is a critique of the commoditization of the third world body.The play confronts us with a futuristic Bombay of the year 2010. Om Prakash,a jobless Indian agrees to sell unspecified organs through InterPlanta Services, Inc. to a rich person in first-world for a small fortune. InterPlanta and the recipient's are obsessed with maintaining Om's health and invasively control the lives of Om, his mother Ma, and wife Jaya in their one-room apartment. The recipient, Ginni, periodically looks in on them via a videophone and treats them condescendingly. Om's diseased brother Jeetu is taken to give organs instead of Om.

Harvest won the 1997 Onassis Prize as the best new international play.