gain vs harvest

gain

verb
  • To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress. 

  • To increase. 

  • To reach. 

  • To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate. 

  • To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual. 

  • To put on weight. 

  • To run fast. 

  • To acquire possession of. 

adj
  • Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous. 

  • Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap. 

noun
  • The thing or things gained. 

  • The factor by which a signal is multiplied. 

  • The act of gaining; acquisition. 

  • A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam. 

adv
  • Tolerably; fairly. 

  • Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately. 

harvest

verb
  • To win, achieve a gain. 

  • To be occupied bringing in a harvest 

  • To bring in a harvest; reap; glean. 

  • To kill for meat, slaughter. 

noun
  • A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season. 

  • The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain. 

  • This year's cotton harvest was great but the corn harvest was disastrous. 

  • The product or result of any exertion or course of action; reward or consequences. 

  • The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting. 

  • The third season of the year; autumn; fall. 

  • The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits. 

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