reap
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːp/
The English word “reap” has 7 meanings listed here.
verb
- To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine.
- To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
- To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
- To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
- To deprive of the beard; to shave.
- To rape.
noun
Etymology
From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”).
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