reaper

• Sustantivo que designa a una persona o máquina que siega o cosecha granos maduros en el campo; también puede referirse figuradamente a la muerte como segadora de vidas.

A noun referring to a person or machine that helps to gather a harvest from the fields.

1. Harvest workerB1formal

   A person who cuts and gathers ripe crops from the fields.

   Segador (trabajador de la cosecha)

   • The reapers worked from dawn until dusk during the harvest season.
   • Each reaper was responsible for a specific section of the wheat field.
   • The farmer hired extra reapers to bring in the barley before the rain.

   Sinónimosharvestermower

2. Harvesting machineB1formal

   A farm machine designed to cut and gather grain or other crops from the fields.

   Segadora

   • The modern reaper can harvest several acres of wheat in an hour.
   • The farmer purchased a new reaper to replace the old one.
   • The reaper efficiently cut the corn and bundled it into sheaves.

   Sinónimosharvesterreaper binder