different between reap vs uproot

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)

1. (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
2. (transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
3. (transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
4. (transitive, computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.

5. (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)

1. 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

English

Etymology

From up- +? root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??u?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

uproot (third-person singular simple present uproots, present participle uprooting, simple past and past participle uprooted) (transitive)

1. To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate.
2. (by extension) To remove from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
3. (figuratively) To destroy utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.

   Synonym: benothing

Synonyms

• (to root up): deracinate, disroot
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Derived terms

• uprootal
• uprooted
• uprooting

Translations

Anagrams

• root up