| Reap | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reaped p. pr. & vb. n. Reaping. ] [ OE. repen, AS. rīpan 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. [ 1913 Webster ] When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field. Lev. xix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing
For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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