reap

Etymology

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”).

verb

1. (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
2. (transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
3. (transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
   to reap a benefit from exertions
   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. 11 June 2016, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport
4. (transitive, computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
   Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.

noun

1. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.