reapings
Collecting the yields
Reapings is the plural of reaping, the act of harvesting crops by cutting them.
Farmers speak of good or poor reapings depending on yield.
The word extends to gathering any kind of results: the reapings of years of hard work, the grim reapings of war.
The biblical you reap what you sow underlies most figurative uses.
Occasions of congregating
- harvestsCollects mature crops
- cropsCultivated plants for harvest
- yieldsGives forth results
- gleaningsCollected scraps or insights
collections · cuttings · ingatherings · pickings · grain · wheat · barley · sheaves
Expressions honoring someone
- Hunger GamesSurvival contest for starving districts
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- selectionChosen item or items
- drawingMarks forming a picture
Capitol · districts · children · sacrifices · arena · games · Katniss · ceremony
Benefits given for merit
- punishmentsSanctions for misconduct
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- fruitsEdible seed-bearing crops
deserts · reckonings · judgments · comeuppances · retributions · paybacks · earnings · wages
gatherings
Occasions of congregating
gleanings · collections · cuttings · ingatherings · pickings · grain · wheat · barley · sheaves · fields
tributes
Expressions honoring someone
- Hunger GamesSurvival contest for starving districts
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- selectionChosen item or items
drawing · Capitol · districts · children · sacrifices · arena · games · Katniss · ceremony · annual
rewards
Benefits given for merit
- punishmentsSanctions for misconduct
- outcomesFinal results achieved
- resultsWhat follows from effort
fruits · deserts · reckonings · judgments · comeuppances · retributions · paybacks · earnings · wages · dues
reapingssowings
Scatterings of seeds
plantings · seedings · cultivations · plowings · germinations
reapingssowings
Scatterings of seeds
plantings · investments · inputs · expenditures · labors
- reaping what one sowsReceiving earned consequences
- sowing and reapingPlanting then collecting crops
- reaping the harvestGathering mature crops
- reaping the whirlwindSuffering consequences of recklessness