- [countable, uncountable] the time of year when the crops are gathered in on a farm, etc.; the act of cutting and gathering crops
- harvest time
- Farmers are extremely busy during the harvest.
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc1- During the harvest they work from dawn to dusk.
- Potatoes are normally sprayed after harvest.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- abundant
- bountiful
- bumper
- …
- bring in
- gather
- gather in
- …
- fail
- season
- time
- festival
- …
- after (the) harvest
- during harvest
- during the harvest
- …
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- [countable] the crops, or the amount of crops, cut and gathered
- the grain harvest
- a good/bad harvest (= a lot of crops or few crops)
- (figurative) The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing.
- Plum growers say they are expecting a bumper harvest (= a large amount of produce) this year.
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc1- The strawberry harvest failed because of the drought.
- They were busy getting the harvest in.
- a good harvest of potatoes
- a series of poor harvests in the 1830s
- (figurative) She returned from the conference with a rich harvest of knowledge.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- abundant
- bountiful
- bumper
- …
- bring in
- gather
- gather in
- …
- fail
- season
- time
- festival
- …
- after (the) harvest
- during harvest
- during the harvest
- …
Word OriginOld English hærfest ‘autumn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herfst and German Herbst, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carpere ‘pluck’ and Greek karpos ‘fruit’.
Idioms
See harvest in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee harvest in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishreap a/the harvest
- (British English) to benefit or suffer as a direct result of something that you have done
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