Definition

Noun: 1. The gathering of a ripened crop: The act or time of collecting mature crops from the fields. 2. A festival or celebration marking the end of the harvest: A traditional feast or event held to celebrate the successful completion of the harvest season.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The whole village came together for the harvest home. (The whole village gathered for the festival celebrating the end of the harvest.)
  • After a long season of work, they looked forward to the harvest home. (After a long season of work, they looked forward to the celebration marking the harvest's completion.)

Advanced Usage

• "To bring in the harvest home": This phrase emphasizes the successful conclusion of gathering the crops and storing them.
  • The farmers worked from dawn till dusk to bring the harvest home before the rains came. (The farmers worked very hard to complete gathering the crops before the bad weather started.)

Variants and Related Words

• Harvest (noun/verb): The process or period of gathering crops; to gather a ripened crop.
  • The wheat harvest begins in July.
• Harvest festival (noun): A celebration, often with religious elements, giving thanks for the harvest. This is a closely related concept to "harvest home."
  • The church held its annual harvest festival on Sunday.

Synonyms

• Harvest festival: A celebration of the harvest.
• Ingathering: The act of gathering in, especially of a harvest.
• Harvest time: The season when crops are gathered.

Related Idioms

• To reap the harvest: To enjoy the results or benefits of one's past actions or work.
  • After years of research, she is finally able to reap the harvest of her labor.

Noun

1. the gathering of a ripened crop