Definition of reap

• v. t. - To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To clear of a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
• v. t. - To deprive of the beard; to shave.
• v. i. - To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
• v. - A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.