- reap⇄reap, transitive verb.
1. to cut (grain).
Ex. Giant machines reap the wheat grown in the midwestern United States.
2. to gather (a crop).
Ex. It took many hands to reap a cotton crop before the invention of machinery.
3. to - reap⇄v.i. 1. to reap a crop.
2. (Figurative.) to get a return.
(SYN) profit.