REAP

reap

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
  2. 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.
    to reap a benefit from exertions
  3. 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.
  4. To deprive of the beard; to shave.


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