reaps

Meanings

• Verb

  To gather in a harvest; to reap.

  - "Farmers have been reaping their crops for weeks."
  - "After the rain, the farmers will reap their fields."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with reaps
apes , capes , apes' paces

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Variants

List of all variants of reaps that leads to same result
reap , reaped , reaping , reaps

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Forms

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Reaps (third person singular present tense of reap), Reaped (past tense), Reaping (present participle), Reapable (adjective)

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to cut off', from Old English reapan, reppan, related to rep, a rope or cord.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'reaping' is also used figuratively to refer to the consequences of one's actions. For example, 'He reaped the rewards of his hard work.'

2. In ancient Rome, the goddess Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, was often depicted holding a sickle, symbolizing the reaping of the harvest.

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Related Concepts

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1. Harvest: The act of gathering in a crop or gathering ripe fruit or vegetables.

2. Harvest Moon: The full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox.

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Culture

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Reaping is an essential part of agriculture and has been depicted in various forms of literature, art, and music. For example, in John Keats' poem 'Ode to Autumn', the poet describes the autumnal scene as 'Reaping the shocks ere the seed-grains are sown, And providing corn for the seed-grains yet to be sown.'

How to Memorize "reaps"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a farmer cutting wheat with a sickle.
   - Visualize a field full of ripe corn ready to be harvested.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'reaping' with 'harvest' and 'autumn'.
   - Think of a farmer in a field, cutting crops with a sickle or scythe.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Reap Easy And Plenty' to remember the meaning of 'reap'.
   - Use the phrase 'Reaping what you sow' to remember that reaping is the act of gathering a harvest.

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