different between reap vs yeap

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

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Adverb

yeap (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of yep
   • 2003, Rick W. White, Comes Like a Raging Fire

     I told her, "Yeap. I'm here on vacation." We both smiled, as she told me, "Me too."

   • 2009, Terri Lee Ryan, Life Is One Big To-Do List: A Woman's Life After 40

     Yeap, I'm coming back in my next life as a daughter of one of my friends. I would never have to worry about looking ugly.

Anagrams

• PAYE, Paye, Peay