Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to reap
Participle: reaped
Gerund: reaping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | reap |
| you | reap |
| he;she;it | reaps |
| we | reap |
| you | reap |
| they | reap |
Perfect
| I | have reaped |
| you | have reaped |
| he;she;it | has reaped |
| we | have reaped |
| you | have reaped |
| they | have reaped |
Past
| I | reaped |
| you | reaped |
| he;she;it | reaped |
| we | reaped |
| you | reaped |
| they | reaped |
Pluperfect
| I | had reaped |
| you | had reaped |
| he;she;it | had reaped |
| we | had reaped |
| you | had reaped |
| they | had reaped |
Future
| I | will reap |
| you | will reap |
| he;she;it | will reap |
| we | will reap |
| you | will reap |
| they | will reap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have reaped |
| you | will have reaped |
| he;she;it | will have reaped |
| we | will have reaped |
| you | will have reaped |
| they | will have reaped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | reap |
| you | reap |
| he;she;it | reap |
| we | reap |
| you | reap |
| they | reap |
Perfect
| I | have reaped |
| you | have reaped |
| he;she;it | have reaped |
| we | have reaped |
| you | have reaped |
| they | have reaped |
Imperfect
| I | reaped |
| you | reaped |
| he;she;it | reaped |
| we | reaped |
| you | reaped |
| they | reaped |
Pluperfect
| I | had reaped |
| you | had reaped |
| he;she;it | had reaped |
| we | had reaped |
| you | had reaped |
| they | had reaped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would reap |
| you | would reap |
| he;she;it | would reap |
| we | would reap |
| you | would reap |
| they | would reap |
Perfect
| I | would have reaped |
| you | would have reaped |
| he;she;it | would have reaped |
| we | would have reaped |
| you | would have reaped |
| they | would have reaped |
Imperative
| you | reap |
| we | Let's reap |
| you | reap |
Verbs conjugated like 'reap'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'reap'
dreap,
heap,
leap,
neap,
rap,
read,
ream,
rear,
recap,
remap,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to earn or merit a reward or punishment
- be worthy of, brook, deserve, earn, garner, merit, win
- harvest
- glean, cut, cull, gather, garner, pick, mow
- acquire
- get, derive, obtain, gain, receive, glean, secure
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to cut grain with a hook or sickle," O.E.
reopan, Mercian form of
ripan "to reap," related to O.E.
ripe "ripe" (see ripe).
Reaper is O.E.
ripere, in compound
hripemann. Meaning "personification of death" is recorded from 1839.
2. From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*rīpaną'.
Sample Sentences
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And when ye reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reape the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy haruest. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 19:9:]
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to reap a benefit from exertions
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Be not deceiued, God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 6:7:]
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Why do I humble thus my ſelf, and ſuing / For peace, reap nothing but repulſe and hate? [1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 60:]
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And what delights can equal those
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That stir the spirit’s inner deeps,
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When one that loves but knows not, reaps
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A truth from one that loves and knows? [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64:]
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England manager Roy Hodgson got plenty right with a positive selection and the decision to play Rooney in midfield reaped a rich reward - but his boldest move may also have been his biggest mistake. [2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport:]
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Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
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Came there a certaine Lord, neat and trimly drest;
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Fresh as a Bride-groome, and his Chin new reapt, [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:]