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# reap

«reap» in Mova's school dictionary: **To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (reap, reaps, reaped, reaping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#m1)

2) To get something good (or bad) as a result of what you have done: «reap the rewards», «reap the benefits». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#m2)

3) (Bible) «You reap what you sow»: what you do now decides what will happen to you later (Galatians 6:7). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and farming lessons reaping is harvest work, once done with sickles and scythes; in everyday life and morals people «reap the rewards» of hard work. In church the harvest festival gives thanks for what is reaped. Phrases: «reap the rewards», «reap the benefits», «reap what you sow», «reap a harvest».

### examples

- In the past, whole families helped reap the wheat by hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#x1)
- If you practise every day, you will reap the rewards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#x2)
- You reap what you sow, so be kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#x3)
- The farmers reaped a good harvest this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#x4)
- The school reaped the benefits of its new library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#x5)
- The Grim Reaper is a made-up figure of death carrying a scythe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#x6)
- "This wheat is now ready for reaping," said the Farmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reap/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: reap, reaped. Related: reaper (a person or machine that reaps; «the Grim Reaper» is a symbol of death in stories). Opposite pair: sow (plant seeds) and reap (harvest). Do not confuse with «rip» or «leap».

### In the corpora

- [Sleep takes him «as a swathe of barley is folded into the arms of the reaping machine».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/33/)
- ["A man reaps what he sows" (Galatians 6:7): skipped reading leaves gaps you trip over later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/14/)
- [They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2394/)
- [He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his wrath shall fail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.627/)
- [According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow mischief, reap the same.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.74/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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