English

Pronunciation
r�p, /ri�p/, /<tt>ri:p</tt>/
audio|en-us-reap.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-i�p|Rhymes: -i�p

Verb
en-verb|reaps|reaping|reaped

1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.

#*Bible. Epistle to the Galatians, ch. 6, v.7
#*:For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap. Gal.6.7

1. obsolete To deprive of the beard; to shave.
2. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Translations
trans-top|to cut with a sickle

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trans-top|to receive as a reward
Portuguese: t+|pt|colher
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Derived terms
reap what you sow

Proverbs
sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

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• 2007-12-31 16:36 - Algrif - Proverbs

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