| Reap 1. (v. t.) To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting. 2. (v. t.) 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. 3. (v. t.) To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field. 4. (v. t.) To deprive of the beard; to shave. 5. (v. i.) To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest. 6. (n.) A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. Thesaurus Entries abbreviate, abridge, abstract, acquire, bag, be seized of, bob, boil down, bring in, capsulize, capture, catch, clip, come by, come in for, come into, compress, condense, contract, corral, crop, crop herbs, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short, cut short, derive, dig, dock, drag down, draw, earn, elide, enter into possession, epitomize, foreshorten, gain, garner, gather, gather in, get, glean, grabble, harvest, hay, make, mow, net, nip, nut, obtain, pick, pluck, poll, pollard, procure, profit, prune, pull down, reap and carry, recap, recapitulate, reduce, retrench, sack, score, secure, shave, shear, shorten, snub, stunt, sum up, summarize, synopsize, take, take in, take up, telescope, trim, truncate, win |