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”).
Meanings
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
it balla (bundle of grain) · de Garbe (bundle of grain) · it covone (bundle of grain) · it fascina (bundle of grain) · fi lyhde (bundle of grain) · bg ръкойка (bundle of grain) · gl mollo (bundle of grain) · es mies (bundle of grain) · cmn 捆 (bundle of grain)
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”).
Meanings
(transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
(transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
And when ye reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reape the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy haruest. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 19:9:
(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
Why do I humble thus my ſelf, and ſuing / For peace, reap nothing but repulſe and hate? 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 60:
And what delights can equal those
That stir the spirit’s inner deeps,
When one that loves but knows not, reaps
A truth from one that loves and knows? 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64:
England manager Roy Hodgson got plenty right with a positive selection and the decision to play Rooney in midfield reaped a rich reward - but his boldest move may also have been his biggest mistake. 2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport:
Be not deceiued, God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 6:7:
to reap a benefit from exertions
(transitive) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of the beard; to shave.
Came there a certaine Lord, neat and trimly drest;
Fresh as a Bride-groome, and his Chin new reapt, c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
fi korjata (to receive as a reward) · my ရိတ် (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · mk жнее (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ka ცელვა (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ja 刈り取る (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · es socolar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sc massai (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ar حَصَدَ (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · fa درو کردن (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ka თიბვა (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ast segar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · pl kosić (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · an segar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · es cosechar (to receive as a reward) · es segar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · fax segal (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · hu kaszál (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ru пожа́ть (to receive as a reward) · hu arat (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · eo rikolti (to gather by cutting) · gl segar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cmn 收穫 /收获 (to gather by cutting) · rup seatsir (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · la tondeō (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cs žít (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cs kosit (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sm selesele (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · es cosechar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ota اوراقلمق (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · de mähen (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ru пожина́ть (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · de sammeln (to receive as a reward) · fur seselâ (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ru пожина́ть (to receive as a reward) · de sensen (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · grc ἀμάω (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · de ernten (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · alt орор (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · rm segar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sl žéti (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · nl oogsten (to receive as a reward) · vi gặt (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · de absensen (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · roa-leo segare (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · rm sgiar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · uk жа́ти (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · de einheimsen (to receive as a reward) · pl żąć (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · bg жъ́на (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ro secera (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · tl maggapas (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cmn 收割 (to gather by cutting) · ru скоси́ть (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · la metō (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · rm sagear (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sc mensare (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · rm saer (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · be жаць (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ja 刈る (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sh жети (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sk kosiť (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · grc ἀμάω (to gather by cutting) · mi tapa (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · grc θερίζω (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · haw ʻohi (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · oc dalhar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ru жать (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · rm sger (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · it raccogliere (to receive as a reward) · el θερίζω (to gather by cutting) · ru коси́ть (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sk žať (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cs žnout (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · it mietere (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · eo falĉi (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · pt ceifar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · grc θερίζω (to gather by cutting) · de ernten (to receive as a reward) · de einsammeln (to receive as a reward) · la dēmetō (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · de schneiden (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · kk ору (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cmn 割 (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sc mentzare (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · fi saada (to receive as a reward) · gd buain (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · fi niittää (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ang rīpan (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · roa-gal faoucher (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · pt colher (to receive as a reward) · nl oogsten (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sh žeti (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · oc segar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ru пожа́ть (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · it falciare (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · it maturare (to receive as a reward) · be пажына́ць (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · el θερίζω (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sc messai (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · sv skörda (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · uk пожина́ти (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cmn 收割 (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · mwl segar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cmn 得到 (to receive as a reward) · cv выр (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · fi niittää (to gather by cutting) · ca segar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ru сжать (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · dlm seclur (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ota اورامق (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ms sabit (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · es recoger (to receive as a reward) · mi tapahi (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · nb høste (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · fr faucher (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · ms tuai (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · es socalar (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cu жѧти (to cut with a sickle or other implement) · cmn 獲得 /获得 (to receive as a reward) · tl gapasin (to cut with a sickle or other implement)