Definitions
1.verbTo cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
2.verbTo gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
3.verbTo obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense."to reap a benefit from exertions"
4.verbTo terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table."Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process."
5.verbTo deprive of the beard; to shave.
6.nounThe act by which something is reaped."sowings and reapings"