English-Dutch translations for reap
- oogstenWie wanhoop zaait, zal geweld oogsten. He who sows despair, reaps violence. Wat je niet zaait, kun je niet oogsten. What you do not sow, you cannot reap! U zaait wind en zult zeker storm oogsten. You are sowing winds and you are sure to reap hurricanes.
Definition of reap
- To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
- To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense
- To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table
- To deprive of the beard; to shave
- A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut
Examples
- to reap a benefit from exertions
- Until a child process is reaped, it may be listed in the process table as a zombie or defunct process
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