crosscut vs reap

crosscut

verb
  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

reap

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

  • To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table. 

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

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

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

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