harvest

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01. All the family and neighbors worked together to [harvest] the wheat at the end of the season.
02. Police believe that the value of the marijuana discovered in a Seattle basement would be worth almost a million dollars after being [harvested].
03. Unusually good weather this spring and summer promises an excellent [harvest] for farmers in the fall.
04. You can [harvest] your strawberries when the fruit is red, and there are no white or green patches.
05. July is the best time to [harvest] your garden herbs for use in the kitchen during the winter months.
06. The time of [harvest] is traditionally a time of celebration in farming regions all over the world.
07. Some people worry that as herbal remedies become more popular, the plants they are made from may become endangered as they are over-[harvested].
08. Seafood [harvested] in the sea near those factories may be polluted, and should not be eaten.
09. Eggs [harvested] from donor women are being sold on the Internet to childless families.
10. They spent a month on a farm in France [harvesting] grapes which were to be made into wine.
11. Peas sown in April can be [harvested] in July.
12. With their long summers, they are able to produce at least 2 [harvests] of berries per year.
13. Wild rice is expensive because it must be [harvested] by hand.
14. About one-third of the world's fish [harvest] is used to feed pets and livestock.
15. Sea sponges were [harvested] as the first sponges used for bathing and cleaning.
16. The material used to make wine corks is [harvested] from the cork tree, which takes more than ten years to produce one layer of cork.
17. According to the New York Times, Mississippi's most widely [harvested] product is catfish.
18. The planet Saturn is named after the Roman god of seedtime and [harvest].
19. Japan is the largest [harvester] of seafood in the world, taking 15 percent of the world's total catch.
20. There is a Czech proverb which states, "Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the [harvesters]."
21. Douglas Jerrold once wrote, "Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a [harvest]."
22. Austin O'Malley once said that happiness is the [harvest] of a quiet eye.
23. Og Mandino once observed, always do your best; what you plant now, you will [harvest] later.
24. A Chinese proverb states, "The [harvest] of a whole year depends on what you sow in the springtime."
25. There is an Estonian proverb which observes that if the bread in the oven is a failure, you lose a week; if the [harvest] is a failure, you lose a year; but if marriage is a failure, then you lose a life.
26. There is a Guinean proverb which tells us that knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be [harvested].
27. There is an Indian proverb which says that a [harvest] of peace grows from seeds of contentment.
28. The abundant tea [harvests] of Sri Lanka support much of the island nation's export economy.
29. There is a Korean proverb which states that the nicest woman is your own; the nicest [harvest] is your neighbors'.
30. In the future, scientists may be able to clone human organs, which can then be [harvested], and used for transplants.

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  • Harvest — Har vest (h[aum]r v[e^]st), n. [OE. harvest, hervest, AS. h[ae]rfest autumn; akin to LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. carpere to pluck, Gr. karpo s fruit. Cf. {Carpet}.] 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Harvest — (eng. Ernte) steht für: Harvest (Alabama), Ort in Alabama Harvest (Album), ein Musikalbum von Neil Young Harvest (Naglfar Album), ein Musikalbum von Naglfar Harvest Records, ein Plattenlabel Harvest (Film), ein Dokumentarfilm Siehe auch:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Harvest — Harvest, AL U.S. Census Designated Place in Alabama Population (2000): 3054 Housing Units (2000): 1146 Land area (2000): 12.423029 sq. miles (32.175497 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 12.423029… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Harvest, AL — U.S. Census Designated Place in Alabama Population (2000): 3054 Housing Units (2000): 1146 Land area (2000): 12.423029 sq. miles (32.175497 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 12.423029 sq. miles (32 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • harvest — [n] crops; taking in of crops autumn, by product, consequence, cropping, effect, fall, fruitage, fruition, garnering, gathering, harvesting, harvest time, ingathering, intake, output, produce, reaping, repercussion, result, return, season,… …   New thesaurus

  • harvest — ► NOUN 1) the process or period of gathering in crops. 2) the season s yield or crop. ► VERB ▪ gather as a harvest. DERIVATIVES harvestable adjective harvester noun. ORIGIN Old English, «autumn» …   English terms dictionary

  • harvest — [här′vist] n. [ME hervest < OE hærfest, akin to Ger herbst (OHG herbist) < IE * (s)kerp < base * (s)ker , to cut > SHEAR, SHORT, L caro, flesh, cernere & Gr krinein, to separate, karpos, fruit: basic sense “time of cutting”] 1. the… …   English World dictionary

  • Harvest — Har vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harvested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harvesting}.] To reap or gather, as any crop. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • harvest — index gain, glean, output, product, profit (noun), profit (verb), reap, result Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • harvest — UK US /ˈhɑːvɪst/ verb [T] ► INTERNET, MARKETING to collect information about people, products, companies, etc. from the internet using a search engine (= a program that searches for particular words in documents on websites): »In computer jargon …   Financial and business terms

  • harvest — vb *reap, glean, gather, garner Analogous words: collect, assemble (see GATHER): *accumulate, amass, hoard …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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