reap

«reap» in Mova's school dictionary: To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (reap, reaps, reaped, reaping)

meaning for a pupil

1) To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.» tree →

2) To get something good (or bad) as a result of what you have done: «reap the rewards», «reap the benefits». tree →

3) (Bible) «You reap what you sow»: what you do now decides what will happen to you later (Galatians 6:7). tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and farming lessons reaping is harvest work, once done with sickles and scythes; in everyday life and morals people «reap the rewards» of hard work. In church the harvest festival gives thanks for what is reaped. Phrases: «reap the rewards», «reap the benefits», «reap what you sow», «reap a harvest».

examples

• In the past, whole families helped reap the wheat by hand. tree →
• If you practise every day, you will reap the rewards. tree →
• You reap what you sow, so be kind. tree →
• The farmers reaped a good harvest this year. tree →
• The school reaped the benefits of its new library. tree →
• The Grim Reaper is a made-up figure of death carrying a scythe. tree →
• "This wheat is now ready for reaping," said the Farmer. tree →

note

Regular verb: reap, reaped. Related: reaper (a person or machine that reaps; «the Grim Reaper» is a symbol of death in stories). Opposite pair: sow (plant seeds) and reap (harvest). Do not confuse with «rip» or «leap».

In the corpora

• Sleep takes him «as a swathe of barley is folded into the arms of the reaping machine».
• "A man reaps what he sows" (Galatians 6:7): skipped reading leaves gaps you trip over later.
• They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
• He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
• According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.