harvesting

harvesting

English

Noun

harvesting (plural harvestings)

1. (agriculture) The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
2. (by extension) The gathering of any resource.
   • 2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 187:

     American regulations at the time prohibited organ harvesting from brain-dead patients if their hearts were still beating.

Translations

the gathering of a mature crop

Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܚܨܕܐ‎ m Finnish: sadonkorjuu (fi) Irish: buainteoireacht f, sábháil f, (archaic) fómhar m

Italian: raccolta (it) f, mietitura (it) f Japanese: 収納 (shūnō), 収穫 (ja) (shūkaku) Spanish: recolección (es) f

Verb

harvesting

1. present participle of harvest