Tra từ harvest - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

har·vest [harvest harvests harvested harvesting] noun, verb BrE [ˈhɑːvɪst] NAmE [ˈhɑːrvɪst]
noun
1. countable, uncountable the time of year when the crops are gathered in on a farm, etc; the act of cutting and gathering crops
•harvest time
•Farmers are extremely busy during the harvest.
2. countable the crops, or the amount of crops, cut and gathered
•the grain harvest
•a good/bad harvest (= a lot of crops or few crops)
• (figurative)The appeal produced a rich harvest of blankets, medicines and clothing.
•Plum growers say they are expecting a bumper harvest (= a large amount of produce) this year.
see reap a/the harvest at ↑reap

Word Origin:
Old English hærfest ‘autumn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herfst and German Herbst, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carpere ‘pluck’ and Greek karpos ‘fruit’.

Example Bank:
•During the harvest they work from dawn to dusk.
•Potatoes are normally sprayed after harvest.
•Potatoes often sustain damage during harvest.
•She returned from the conference with a rich harvest of knowledge.
•The strawberry harvest failed because of the drought.
•They were busy getting the harvest in.
•We are now reaping the harvest of our hard work last year.
•We've had a bumper harvest of apples this year.
•a good harvest of potatoes
•a series of poor harvests in the 1830s
•at harvest time

verb
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) to cut and gather a crop; to catch a number of animals or fish to eat
2. transitive ~ sth (medical)to collect cells or ↑tissue from sb's body for use in medical experiments or operations
•She had her eggs harvested and frozen for her own future use.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English hærfest ‘autumn’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herfst and German Herbst, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin carpere ‘pluck’ and Greek karpos ‘fruit’.

Collocations:
Farming
Growing food and raising animals
plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
plough/ (NAmE) plow land/a field
sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
spread manure/fertilizer on sth
cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
damage/destroy/lose your crop
ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
press/dry/ferment grapes
grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
kill/slaughter livestock
preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
Modern farming
run a fish farm/an organic dairy
engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
improve/increase crop yields
face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming

Example Bank:
•The nuts are ready to harvest in September.
•In the US, more than 130 000 tons of live oysters are harvested each year.
•Winter wheat is harvested in late July and early August.