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What is the difference between harvest and in?

harvest | in |

As nouns the difference between harvest and in

is that harvest is {{context|uk|_|dialectal|lang=en}} the third season of the year; autumn; fall while in is a position of power or a way to get it or in can be inch.

As verbs the difference between harvest and in

is that harvest is to bring in a harvest; reap; glean while in is {{context|obsolete|transitive|lang=en}} to enclose; to take in; to harvest.

As a preposition in is

contained by.

As a adverb in is

(not comparable) located indoors, especially: at home or the office .

As a adjective in is

in fashion; popular.

harvest

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l), (l) (dialectal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The third season of the year; autumn; fall.
  • The season of gathering ripened crops; specifically, the time of reaping and gathering grain.
  • The process of harvesting, gathering the ripened crop.
  • The yield of harvesting, i.e. the gathered crops or fruits.
  • This year's cotton harvest''' was great but the corn '''harvest was disastrous.
  • * 1911 , (Jack London), The Whale Tooth
  • *:The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest' of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the ' harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.
  • * Shakespeare
  • To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.
  • (by extension) The product or result of any exertion or labor; gain; reward.
  • * Fuller
  • The pope's principal harvest was in the jubilee.
  • * Wordsworth
  • the harvest of a quiet eye
  • (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony held on or around the autumn equinox, which is in the harvesting season.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}

    Synonyms

    * (season of the year) autumn, fall * (horti- or agricultural yield) crop

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
  • To be occupied bringing in a harvest
  • ''Harvesting is a stressing, thirsty occupation
  • To win, achieve a gain.
  • ''The rising star harvested well-deserved acclaim, even an Oscar under 21

    Derived terms

    * harvestable * harvestability * harvester * harvest bug * harvest fish * harvest fly * harvest home * harvest louse * harvestman * harvest mite * harvest moon * harvest mouse * harvest queen * harvest spider * harvest time

    in

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • # Contained by.
  • # Within.
  • #* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Boundary problems , passage=GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory.}}
  • # Surrounded by.
  • # Part of; a member of.
  • # Pertaining to (that particular thing).
  • # At the end of a period of time.
  • # Within a certain elapsed time
  • # During (said of periods of time).
  • Into.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Paul Fletcher, work=BBC
  • , title= Stevenage 3-1 Newcastle , passage=The ball was accidentally kicked in Kevin Nolan's face in the opening seconds of the contest - an incident that set the tone for an extremely uncomfortable encounter for the Premier League side. }}
  • * 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
  • In returning to the vault, I had no very sure purpose in mind; only a vague surmise that this finding of Blackbeard's coffin would somehow lead to the finding of his treasure.
  • #
  • #
  • #
  • # (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
  • Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
  • #* 2014 , Carla Bethmann, Clean, Friendly, Profitable?: Tourism , page 114:
  • tourists sometimes attempt to pay in euros or British pounds.
  • #
  • ##
  • #
  • ##
  • #
  • Verb

  • (obsolete) To enclose; to take in; to harvest.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) inne

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (lb) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
  • :
  • Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in , the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
  • (lb) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
  • :
  • (lb) Abbreviation of in aid of.
  • :
  • After the beginning of something.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Phil Dawkes, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Sunderland 2-2 West Brom , passage=The Black Cats had a mountain to climb after James Morrison's header and Shane Long's neat side-foot finish gave Albion a 2-0 lead five minutes in .}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A position of power or a way to get it.
  • His parents got him an in with the company
  • (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
  • A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
  • Antonyms
    * out

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In fashion; popular.
  • Skirts are in this year.
  • Incoming.
  • the in train''
  • (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
  • (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
  • in''' by descent; '''in''' by purchase; '''in of the seisin of her husband
    (Burrill)

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Inch.
  • Statistics

    *

    References

    * Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8