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reap
English
Etymology
From Middle English repen, from Old English r?opan, r?pan, variants of Old English r?pan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *r?pan, from Proto-Germanic *r?pan? (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reyb- (“to snatch”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?p, IPA(key): /?i?p/
- Rhymes: -i?p
Verb
reap (third-person singular simple present reaps, present participle reaping, simple past and past participle reaped or (obsolete) reapt)
- (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
- (transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
- (transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
- (transitive, computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
- (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.
Derived terms
- reaper
- reap what one sows
- sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
Translations
Noun
reap (plural reaps)
- A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
Synonyms
- (bundle of grain): sheaf
Translations
Anagrams
- Earp, Pera, Rape, aper, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, rape
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reak
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?k/
Etymology 1
Compare Icelandic hrekkr, or English wreak vengeance.
Noun
reak (plural reaks)
- (obsolete) A prank.
- They play such reaks.
Etymology 2
Compare wrack (“seaweed”).
Noun
reak (plural reaks)
- A rush.
- a. 1578, Thomas Drant, A medicinable morall
- Feedes on reaks and reeds.
- a. 1578, Thomas Drant, A medicinable morall
Anagrams
- KERA, Kear, Kera, Rake, aker, rake
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