harvest vs toss

harvest

verb
  • To kill for meat, slaughter. 

  • To win, achieve a gain. 

  • To be occupied bringing in a harvest 

  • To bring in a harvest; reap; glean. 

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. 

toss

verb
  • To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion. 

  • To masturbate 

  • To subject to trials; to harass. 

  • To lift with a sudden or violent motion. 

  • To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention. 

  • To discard; to throw away. 

  • To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime. 

  • To drink in large draughts; to gulp. 

  • To vomit. 

  • To throw with an initial upward direction. 

  • To agitate; to make restless. 

  • To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas. 

  • To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat. 

  • To stir or mix (a salad). 

noun
  • A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care. 

  • A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'. 

  • concern or consideration. 

  • The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play. 

  • A state of agitation; commotion. 

  • A measure of sprats. 

  • A haughty throwing up of the head. 

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