Antonyms for reaping

Grammar : Verb

Spell : reep

Phonetic Transcription : rip

Definition of reaping

Origin : "to cut grain with a hook or sickle," Old English reopan, Mercian form of ripan "to reap," related to Old English ripe "ripe" (see ripe). Related: Reaped; reaping.

verb collect, harvest

Example sentences :

After overcoming every obstacle, he had the satisfaction of reaping the reward of his enterprise.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

For our children's children the joys of reaping, the feast, and the songs of harvest home.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

They had appropriated Corinth, and were reaping the fruits of their fields at home.
Extract from : « Agesilaus » by Xenophon

But, not to interrupt you further (I continued), after sowing, naturally we hope to come to reaping.
Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon

It was the community which decided when the sowing and when the reaping should take place.
Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

For generations we have been reaping and wasting, instead of ploughing and sowing.
Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon

And so it is neither sowing nor reaping with you, my pretty?
Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne

At last the harvest, indeed; and I was reaping what I had sown.
Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips

In some places the mode of reaping differs from the customs of others.
Extract from : « Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines » by Robert Mac Micking

You see you are reaping your reward: I write to you before I write to any one else.
Extract from : « A Bundle of Letters » by Henry James

Synonyms for reaping

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