Meaning

• A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Meaning

• To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine

• To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.

• To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.

  "to reap a benefit from exertions"

• To 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."

• To deprive of the beard; to shave.