Definitions for reaps

reaps reap

Spelling: [reep]
IPA: /rip/

Reaps is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in reaps (aeprs).

Definitions for reaps

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
  2. to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.).
  3. to get as a return, recompense, or result:

verb (used without object)

  1. to reap a crop, harvest, etc.

Origin of reaps

before 900; Middle English repen, Old English repan, riopan; cognate with Middle Low German repen to ripple (flax); akin to ripe

Examples for reaps

Indeed, it's unclear what, if any, benefits the average Cuban will reap from increased diplomacy between the two countries.

But if you choose to conduct your discourse in 140-word snaps, or soundbites, then you reap the crop of dumb that you sow.

“Yes, you will find it,” Cosmo assures readers, promising to help them “reap the blissful benefits” upon discovering the region.

Of these discoveries we are only now beginning to reap the benefit.

You will need practice to reap the full benefit of my instructions.

"But you must remember that after all you are going to reap the benefit of it now," Wrayson remarked.

From that, Spinal Solutions stood to reap several thousand dollars from the sale of a single screw.

Since she had endured so much, why not endure a little longer and reap a dear reward?

She sought to reap advantage from her weakness of body and mind.

They are only here to reap the rewards of the American safety net (such as it is) and thereby raise your taxes.

Word Value for reaps
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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