harvesting

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noun

The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.

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Meanings

nounharvesting (countable and uncountable, plural harvestings)

plural harvestings

  1. countableuncountableagricultureThe gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
  2. broadlycountableuncountableThe gathering of any resource.

    American regulations at the time prohibited organ harvesting from brain-dead patients if their hearts were still beating.

    2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 187
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of harvest

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe gathering of a ripened crop

Similar
harvestharvest home
Broader
gathergathering
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harvestharvest home

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish sadonkorjuu
  • sadonkorjuuthe gathering of a mature crop
Irish buainteoireacht, sábháil
  • buainteoireachtthe gathering of a mature crop
  • sábháilthe gathering of a mature crop
  • fómharthe gathering of a mature crop
Italian raccolta, mietitura
  • raccoltathe gathering of a mature crop
  • mietiturathe gathering of a mature crop
Japanese 収納, 収穫
  • 収納 (shūnō)the gathering of a mature crop
  • 収穫 (shūkaku)the gathering of a mature crop
Portuguese ceifa
  • ceifathe gathering of a mature crop
Spanish recolección, cosecha
  • recolecciónthe gathering of a mature crop
  • cosechathe gathering of a mature crop
Cite this entry
APA

harvesting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harvesting

MLA

“harvesting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harvesting. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harvesting,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harvesting.

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