harvest
/ˈhɑːvɪst/noun
उच्चारण हार्विस्ट
फ़सल कटाई; उपज; परिणाम
Basic word
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[C, U]
the time of year when the crops are gathered in on a farm; the act of cutting and gathering crops; the crops that are gathered in; the results of an action
फ़सल कटाई; उपज; परिणाम
- a good harvest
- harvest festivals
- The harvest was poor this year because of the lack of rain.
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- Farmers were busy with the wheat harvest in April.
- Lohri is celebrated at the time of the winter harvest.
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[T, I]
to cut and gather a crop; to collect or use something; (medical) to take cells or organs from somebody's body
फ़सल काटना; एकत्र करना
- Farmers harvest wheat in April.
- rainwater harvesting
- The farmers harvested the paddy by hand.
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- The crop will be harvested next week.
- Many households harvest rainwater for use in the dry months.
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harvest (noun, countable / uncountable)
The harvest is the time or act of gathering crops, and also the amount gathered; it takes a or the and may have a plural.
Harvest फ़सल काटने का समय या कार्य है और काटी गई फ़सल की मात्रा भी; इसके साथ 'a' या 'the' आता है और plural भी हो सकता है।
- The wheat harvest begins in April.
- This year's harvest was poor because of the drought.
harvest + noun (verb, transitive)
As a verb, harvest takes a direct object that is the crop.
क्रिया के रूप में 'harvest' का direct object वह फ़सल होती है जो काटी जाती है।
- Farmers harvest rice in October.
- They harvested the cotton by hand.
harvest + non-crop objects
It is also used figuratively for collecting things like rainwater, energy or data, and in medicine for taking cells or organs.
इसका आलंकारिक प्रयोग वर्षा-जल, ऊर्जा या data इकट्ठा करने के लिए और चिकित्सा में कोशिकाएँ या अंग निकालने के लिए भी होता है।
- Many houses now harvest rainwater.
- The company was accused of harvesting users' data.
reap the harvest of sth / the harvest of sth
Figuratively, the harvest of an action is its result, good or bad.
आलंकारिक रूप में किसी कार्य का 'harvest' उसका परिणाम है, अच्छा या बुरा।
- Years of hard work finally produced a harvest of success.
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adjective + harvest
goodbumperpoorriceearlyautumn
- A bumper harvest made the villagers cheerful this year.
verb + harvest
gather inbring inreapruinlosecelebrate
- Heavy rain ruined the harvest in several districts.
harvest + noun
festivalseasontimemoonyield
- Pongal is a harvest festival of the south.
harvest + crop (verb)
harvest wheatharvest riceharvest cottonharvest sugarcaneharvest fruit
- Labourers harvest sugarcane between November and March.
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- Baisakhi marks the beginning of the harvest in Punjab.
बैसाखी पंजाब में फ़सल की कटाई की शुरुआत का प्रतीक है।
- The farmers harvested the crop before the rains arrived.
किसानों ने वर्षा आने से पहले फ़सल काट ली।
- Radhika's uncle sells his harvest at the local mandi.
राधिका के चाचा अपनी फ़सल स्थानीय मंडी में बेचते हैं।
- A good monsoon usually means a rich harvest.
अच्छे मानसून का अर्थ प्रायः भरपूर फ़सल होता है।
- The school harvests rainwater from its roof and stores it in tanks.
स्कूल अपनी छत से वर्षा-जल इकट्ठा करके टंकियों में रखता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The farmers harvested in the field.
✓ The farmers harvested the crop in the field.
Harvest is a transitive verb and normally needs an object when it means gathering a crop.
'Harvest' सकर्मक क्रिया है और फ़सल काटने के अर्थ में प्रायः object चाहती है।
✗ The harvest of this year are good.
✓ The harvest of this year is good.
Harvest is singular here and takes a singular verb.
यहाँ 'harvest' singular है और singular क्रिया लेता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words are part of the farming year, but they describe different stages.
ये शब्द खेती के वर्ष के भाग हैं, पर अलग-अलग चरणों का वर्णन करते हैं।
Gathering a ripe crop, or the crop itself.
पकी हुई फ़सल को काटना, या स्वयं फ़सल।
- The harvest was early.
To cut and gather a crop; also used figuratively for receiving results.
फ़सल काटकर इकट्ठा करना; परिणाम पाने के लिए आलंकारिक रूप में भी।
- You reap what you sow.
The amount of crop produced from a field.
खेत से उपजी फ़सल की मात्रा।
- The yield per hectare rose.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the farming words: plough, sow, irrigate, weed, harvest (reap), thresh, winnow, store.
खेती के शब्द याद रखिए: plough (जुताई), sow (बुआई), irrigate (सिंचाई), weed (निराई), harvest या reap (कटाई), thresh (गहाई), winnow (ओसाई), store।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
'As you sow, so shall you reap' (you get the results of your actions).
कहावत 'As you sow, so shall you reap' (जैसा बोओगे वैसा काटोगे)।
Rainwater harvesting (collecting and storing rainwater for later use; made compulsory for new buildings in many Indian cities), harvest moon (the full moon nearest the autumn equinox).
Collocation अक्सर पूछा जाता है: rainwater harvesting (बाद में उपयोग के लिए वर्षा जल एकत्र और संग्रहीत करना, वर्षा जल संचयन; कई भारतीय शहरों में नए भवनों के लिए अनिवार्य), harvest moon (शरद विषुव के निकटतम पूर्णिमा)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Harvest festivals of India include Baisakhi (Punjab, April), Pongal (Tamil Nadu, January), Onam (Kerala), Bihu (Assam), Makar Sankranti and Lohri (January), Nuakhai (Odisha).
भारत के फ़सल-उत्सवों में बैसाखी (पंजाब, अप्रैल), पोंगल (तमिलनाडु, जनवरी), ओणम (केरल), बिहू (असम), मकर संक्रांति और लोहड़ी (जनवरी), नुआखाई (ओडिशा) शामिल हैं।