Also means
to reap (consequences)
Usage Note
Récolter is used literally for harvesting crops and figuratively for gathering results or reaping what one has sown. Récolter les fruits de son travail ('to reap the fruits of one's labour') is a common idiom. The noun is la récolte ('harvest, crop yield').
Examples
"Les agriculteurs récoltent le blé en été."
Natural Translation
Farmers harvest wheat in summer.

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