Synonyms for reaping
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : reep |
| Phonetic Transcription : rip |
Top 10 synonyms for reaping Other synonyms for the word reaping
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for reaping
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