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reap

/ˈɹiːp/ verbe C1

En français : faucher

  1. To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine. (transitive)
  2. To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting. (transitive)
  3. To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense. (transitive) · to reap a benefit from exertions
  4. To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table. (transitive) · Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process.
  5. To rape. (slang)

He/she/it reaps · Prétérit reaped · Participe passé reaped · Forme en -ing reaping

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
reap
He/she/it
reaps
Prétérit
reaped
Participe passé
reaped
Forme en -ing
reaping

Dans la bibliothèque

Noirtier tenderly loves his granddaughter, Mademoiselle de Villefort; it is she who has nursed and tended him for six years, and has, by her devoted attention, fully secured the affection, I had almost said the gratitude, of her grandfather, and it is but just that she should reap the fruit of her devotion.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 624 · C1
He said, “I will come myself tomorrow with my laborers, and with as many reapers as I can hire, and will get in the harvest.” The Lark on hearing these words said to her brood, “It is time now to be off, my little ones, for the man is in earnest this time; he no longer trusts his friends, but will reap the field himself.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 74 · B2
It was the time of the wheat harvest; but the Farmer reaped nothing that year and returned home grieving sorely.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 52 · B2
Villefort, who did not choose to reveal the whole secret, lest another should reap all the benefit of the disclosure, had yet communicated enough to cause him the greatest uneasiness.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 92 · C1

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