reap

To receive the good or bad results of something you have done.

• She reaped the rewards of her work.
• We are now reaping the benefits of regular exercise.
• He reaped the consequences of years of careless spending.

How to use it: reap something from something (They reaped great benefits from the training.)

Similar words: gain, receive

Common phrases: reap the benefits, reap the rewards, reap the consequences, reap a reward

To cut and collect a crop, especially grain, when it is ready.

• The farmers reap the wheat.
• They reaped the fields before the rain came.
• It was time to reap the season’s crop.

Similar words: harvest

Opposites: sow

Common phrases: reap wheat, reap the harvest, reap a crop

To remove the record of a finished child process from an operating system’s process list.

• The parent must reap the child process.
• The system reaped all exited processes.
• This routine waits for children and reaps them when they finish.

Common phrases: reap a process, reap child processes