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(rp), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Reaped (rpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Reaping.] [OE. repen, AS. rpan to seize, reap; cf. D. rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or E. ripe.] 1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev. xix. 9. 2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions. Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate? Milton. 3. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field. 4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] Shak. Reaping hook, an implement having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated. Reap v. i.To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5. Reap n.[Cf. AS. rp harvest. See Reap, v.] A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright. スポンサード リンク
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