Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who gathers a crop.
- noun A machine for harvesting crops; a reaper.
- noun A heavy vehicle with a mechanical arm used for felling trees and maneuvering logs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who harvests.
- noun A machine for gathering field-crops, such as grain, beans, flax, potatoes, etc.; specifically, a reaping-machine.
- noun A harvest-spider or harvestman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.
- noun (Zoöl.) A harvesting ant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
person whogathers theharvest . - noun A
machine thatgathers theharvest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
- noun someone who helps to gather the harvest
Etymologies
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Examples
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The international harvester is not pleased. blooch
Secret Service: Actually, no elevated threat level against POTUS. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Unless some unused domain name harvester finds this mention of it and gets to it first.
Real Men of Genius: Mr. Domain Name Hoarder Luis von Ahn 2009
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And these ants are called harvester ants because they eat seeds.
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And these ants are called harvester ants because they eat seeds.
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And these ants are called harvester ants because they eat seeds.
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The harvester is a type of heavy vehicle employed in cut-to-length logging operations for felling, delimbing and bucking trees.
WN.com - Articles related to Setting up a vegetable garden at home for safe, organic food 2010
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Today's Times described an everyday scene in Iraq - two cars pulled up, the men took a belt driven machine gun from the boot known as a 'harvester' in those parts and mowed down a large group of young boys who were playing football.
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At Intel, Dr. Smith is exploring the use of electromagnetic radiation and creating an electronic "harvester" of ambient radio waves.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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At Intel, Dr. Smith is exploring the use of electromagnetic radiation and creating an electronic "harvester" of ambient radio waves.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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But apparently he took the inclusion of big "harvester" robots in the upcoming
Cinema Blend Feeds 2009
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