Harvest (verb)

1. Gather crops or other produce that has been grown and matured.
2. Gather (a natural resource) for use or exploitation.

Origin:

Old english hærfest, of germanic origin; related to dutch herfst and german herbst "autumn", also to the noun harvest. the sense "gather crops" dates from late middle english.

Examples:

1. The farmers are working hard to harvest their crops before the rain comes.
2. The vineyard is ready to harvest the grapes for making wine.
3. The fishermen harvested a large catch of salmon from the river.
4. The lumberjacks harvested the forest for its valuable trees.
5. The hunters harvested deer for their meat and hides.