/ Dictionary / Index H harvest: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: har•vest Pronunciation: (här'vist), [key] — n. the gathering of crops. the season when ripened crops are gathered. a crop or yield of one growing season. a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored: a harvest of wheat. the result or consequence of any act, process, or event: The journey yielded a harvest of wonderful memories. —v.t. to gather (a crop or the like); reap. to gather the crop from: to harvest the fields. to gain, win, acquire, or use (a prize, product, or result of any past act, process, plan, etc.). to catch, take, or remove for use: Fishermen harvested hundreds of salmon from the river. —v.i. to gather a crop; reap. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: harvest (Thesaurus) Harve harvester Related Content Daily Word Quiz: profiterole Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language