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# harvester

«harvester» in Mova's school dictionary: **A machine that gathers crops, such as a combine harvester** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a harvester, harvesters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A machine that gathers crops, such as a combine harvester. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#m1)

2) A person who gathers crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#m2)

3) An animal that collects food, such as a harvester ant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#m3)

4) (Harvester) A daddy-long-legs-like creature (harvestman). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and farming topics: combine harvesters cut and thresh wheat. In science: harvester ants collect seeds. Maths problems: a harvester cuts a field in hours — rate questions.

### examples

- The combine harvester worked in the field all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#x1)
- Harvesters picked the grapes by hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#x2)
- Harvester ants store seeds underground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#x3)
- The harvester cuts 5 hectares an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#x4)
- We watched the harvester from the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#x5)
- Keep away from the harvester — it is dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb: harvest. Safety: farm machines are dangerous — never play near them. Maths: time = area ÷ rate.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «harvester» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/harvester/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.