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HARVESTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The gathering of a ripened crop
Synonyms:
harvest; harvest home; harvesting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("harvesting" is a kind of...):
gather; gathering (the act of gathering something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "harvesting"):
haying (the harvesting of hay)
Derivation:
harvest (gather, as of natural products)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb harvest
Context examples:
'Twistron' yarns have many possible applications, such as harvesting energy from the motion of ocean waves or from temperature fluctuations.
(Energy-Harvesting Yarns Generate Electricity, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
For years, timber harvesting has been the panda's biggest threat.
(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)
The sowing and harvesting of water is the managed process by which human beings intentionally channel water to seep via the subsoil (sowing) so that it can be collected (harvested) at some point in the future.
(Researchers demonstrate that Sierra Nevada is home to the oldest underground water recharge system in Europe, University of Granada)
He stood so still that a squirrel, busy with its harvesting, ran down a pine close beside him, saw him suddenly and skipped back, scolding so shrilly that Beth looked up, espied the wistful face behind the birches, and beckoned with a reassuring smile.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
