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Reap

/ɹiːp/

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

📖 Definitions of "Reap"

noun
  1. 1

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

verb
  1. 1

    To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine

  2. 2

    To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.

  3. 3

    To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.

    "to reap a benefit from exertions"

  4. 4

    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."

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