reaping

Meaning of reaping

verb
  1. To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
  2. To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
  3. To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
    to reap a benefit from exertions
  4. To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
    Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
  5. To deprive of the beard; to shave.
noun
  1. The act by which something is reaped.
    sowings and reapings

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Hyphenation of reaping

reap-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • reaping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of reaping

pregain

Words that rhyme with reaping

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