harvest
verb/ˈhɑːvɪst/
/ˈhɑːrvɪst/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they harvest | /ˈhɑːvɪst/ /ˈhɑːrvɪst/ |
| he / she / it harvests | /ˈhɑːvɪsts/ /ˈhɑːrvɪsts/ |
| past simple harvested | /ˈhɑːvɪstɪd/ /ˈhɑːrvɪstɪd/ |
| past participle harvested | /ˈhɑːvɪstɪd/ /ˈhɑːrvɪstɪd/ |
| -ing form harvesting | /ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ/ /ˈhɑːrvɪstɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] harvest (something) to cut and gather a crop; to catch a number of animals or fish to eat
- The nuts are ready to harvest in September.
Collocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animals- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc1- In the US, more than 130 000 tons of live oysters are harvested each year.
- Winter wheat is harvested in late July and early August.
- [transitive] harvest something (medical) to collect cells or tissue from somebody’s body for use in medical experiments or operations
- She had her eggs harvested and frozen for her own future use.
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’.
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