Meaning & use
harvest
The gathering of ripe crops, or the amount of crops gathered in a season.
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Farmers worked long hours to bring in the wheat harvest before the rain.
This year's apple harvest was smaller than usual because of the drought.
A note on using this word
"Harvest" also works as a verb meaning to gather crops, and figuratively to collect data or results.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To gather a crop, or to collect something valuable that has accumulated over time.
The company quietly harvests user data to improve its recommendations.
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