reaping

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.

The act by which something is reaped.

“sowings and reapings”