harvests

Collects ripe produce

Harvests is the plural of harvest—the gathering of ripe crops, or the crops themselves.

A region may have multiple harvests per year, or harvests of different crops: The wheat and corn harvests came in strong this season.

Figuratively, harvests can refer to accumulated results of effort: reaping the harvests of years of research.

agricultural

crops

Cultivated plants for harvest

gathering · grain · wheat · corn · rice · orchards · vineyards · produce · threshing · combines

celebration

festival

Organized public celebration

gratitude · cornucopia · celebration · Sukkot · mooncakes · offerings · rituals · communal · blessings · plenty

collection

gathering

Collection of people meeting

amassing · stockpiling · compilation · procurement · gleaning · foraging · picking · culling · extraction · retrieval

consequences

reaping

Cutting crops for collection

fruits · returns · repercussions · karma · payoff · yield · dividends · gains · aftermath · effects

organs

transplant

Move tissue between bodies

livers · hearts · surgical · tissue · medical · ethics · trafficking · recipients · waiting · matching

Categories
Opposites
agricultural cycle stage

harvestsplants

Photosynthesizing rooted organisms

sows · seeds · cultivates · tills · plows

GATHERING vs. DISPERSING

harvestsscatters

Distributes irregularly about

disperses · sows · broadcasts · spreads · distributes

PRODUCTIVE OUTCOME vs. LOSS/WASTE

harvestswastes

Uses poorly or discards

abandons · squanders · depletes · neglects · loses

Phrases
Family

harvest, harvesting, harvester, harvested, harvestable, postharvest

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