To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
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
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
To be dispersed upon.
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
The act of scattering or dispersing.
A collection of dispersed objects.