Definition of reap

"reap" in the verb sense

1. reap, harvest, glean

gather, as of natural products

"harvest the grapes"

2. reap, draw

get or derive

"He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

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Quotations for reap

As you sow you shall reap. [ Proverb ]

As you sow, you are like to reap. [ Butler ]

That which you sow you must reap. [ Proverb ]

If you would reap money, sow money. [ Proverb ]

As the ancients wisely say
Have a care o' the main chance,
And look before you ere you leap;
For as you sow you are like to reap. [ Butler ]

Tomorrow yet would reap today.
As we bear blossoms of the dead;
Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed
Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay. [ Tennyson ]

He that would reap well must sow well. [ Proverb ]

Sow love, and taste its fruitage pure;
Sow peace, and reap its harvest bright;
Sow sunbeams on the rock and moor.
And find a harvest-home of light. [ Horatius Bonar ]

He that sows iniquity shall reap sorrow. [ Proverb ]

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. [ Bible ]

He that sows thistles shall reap prickles. [ Proverb ]

Sow truth, if thou the truth wouldst reap;
Who sows the false will reap the vain;
Erect and sound thy conscience keep,
From hollow words and deeds refrain. [ Horatius Bonar ]

Sow good works and you shalt reap gladness. [ Proverb ]

Where is the dust that has not been alive?
The spade, the plough, disturb our ancestors;
From human mould we reap our daily bread. [ Young ]

Who waits until the winds shall silent keep,
Will never have the ready hour to sow;
Who watcheth clouds will have no time to reap. [ Helen Hunt Jackson ]

For he that sows in craft does reap in jealousy. [ Middleton ]

You must not hope to reap wheat where you sowed none. [ Proverb ]

The strong must build stout cabins for the weak;
Must plan and stint; must sow and reap and store;
For grain takes root though all seems bare and bleak. [ Eugene Lee-Hamilton ]

They that plough iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same. [ Bible ]

To plough and sow, to reap and mow, my father bred me early,
For one, he said, to labour bred, was a match for fortune fairly. [ Burns ]

How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done. [ Plautus ]

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. [ Robert Louis Stevenson ]

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. [ Bible ]

Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny. [ Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ]

The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, - they have torn me, and I bleed: I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed. [ Byron ]

The law of the harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit; sow a habit, and you reap a character; sow a character, and you reap a destiny. [ G. D. Boardman ]

Flowers of rhetoric, in sermons or serious discourses, are like the red and blue flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap the profit. [ Swift ]

Let every mother consider herself as an instrument in the hands of Providence - let her reflect on the immense importance the proper education of one single family may eventually prove; and that, while the fruit of her labors may descend to generations yet unborn, she will herself reap a glorious reward. [ Miss Hamilton ]

reap in Scrabble®

The word reap is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters reap:

REAP
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PEAR
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PARE
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reap in Words With Friends™

The word reap is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters reap:

REAP
(45)
PARE
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PEAR
(45)
 

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Word Growth involving reap

Shorter words in reap

re

Longer words containing reap

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reaped

reaper reapers

reaphook reaphooks

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