The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
The constant rain made the harvest a nightmare this year.
The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.
This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous.
To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
We harvested the apples in September already.
To take a living organism as part of a managed process to gather food or resources, often with the intention of maintaining a healthy population.
From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from ...
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An efficient rifle or shotgun can harvest a deer for venison.
To be occupied bringing in a harvest.
We're going to harvest day and night, because the weather is about to turn sour.