noun
reaping
REE-pihng
noun
1
The act of harvesting a crop.
"Reaping usually took the whole village several days each autumn."
How to Use Reaping
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe action of cutting and gathering a crop, or figuratively, of getting results from earlier effort.
Word Forms
reapings plural
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_____ usually took the whole village several days each autumn.