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reaper

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reap·er  (rpr)
n.
One that reaps, especially a machine for harvesting grain or pulse crops.

reaper
Noun
1. a person who reaps or a machine for reaping
2. the grim reaper death
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.reaperreaper - someone who helps to gather the harvest
farm worker, farmhand, field hand, fieldhand - a hired hand on a farm
vintager - a person who harvests grapes for making wine
2.reaperReaper - Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe
3.reaper - farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields
binder, reaper binder - a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves
combine - harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
farm machine - a machine used in farming
header - a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
Translations
reaper [ˈriːpəʳ] nsegador(a) m/f
reaper [ˈriːpəʳ] n (= machine) → moissonneuse f
reaper [ˈriːpəʳ] reap n (machine) → Mähdrescher m
reaper [ˈriːpəʳ] n (machine) → mietitrice f


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Along one side of the field the whole wain went, the arms of the mechanical reaper revolving slowly, till it passed down the hill quite out of sight.
He was laying about him lustily with his sheath-knive, lopping the canes right and left, like a reaper, and soon made quite a clearing around us.
The reaper stops in his work, and stands with folded arms, looking at the vehicle as it whirls past; and the rough cart- horses bestow a sleepy glance upon the smart coach team, which says as plainly as a horse's glance can, 'It's all very fine to look at, but slow going, over a heavy field, is better than warm work like that, upon a dusty road, after all.
 
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