Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Harvest \Har"vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harvested}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Harvesting}.]
   To reap or gather, as any crop.

Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,
   a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t.

   {Harvesting ant} (Zo["o]l.), any species of ant which gathers
      and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.

   Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are
         {Aphenogaster structor} and {A. barbara}; that of
         Texas, called {agricultural ant}, is {Pogonomyrmex
         barbatus} or {Myrmica molifaciens}; that of Florida is
         {P. crudelis}. See {Agricultural ant}, under
         {Agricultural}.

Source : WordNet®

harvesting
     n : the gathering of a ripened crop [syn: {harvest}, {harvest
         home}]