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geoduda[거두다]Intermediate · TOPIK II

collect; retrieve

1.Verb

  1. 1

    collect; retrieve

    To tidy up what is laid out or set up.

    Korean definition: 벌이거나 차려 놓은 것을 정리하다.

    • When the sports day ended, people quickly took down the tents.

    • Hearing that my grandfather had arrived, I quickly put away my bedding and went outside.

  2. 2

    stop; withdraw

    To end or stop expressing one's thoughts or feelings.

    Korean definition: 생각이나 감정 표현을 끝내거나 그만두다.

    • I looked at him, then quietly withdrew my gaze and stared out the window.

    • The children were giggling, but they wiped the smiles off their faces when their scary uncle opened the door.

2.Verb

  1. 1

    harvest; reap

    To collect or gather ripe grains or fruits.

    Korean definition: 익은 곡식이나 열매를 모아서 가져오다.

    • The field is so large that it looks like harvesting the ripe peppers will take a long time.

    • Grandmother went to the mountain and gathered a lot of chestnuts that had fallen from the trees.

  2. 2

    gather; collect

    To bring together what has been scattered into one place.

    Korean definition: 흩어져 있는 것을 한곳에 모으다.

    • Before we had even finished the lunch we ordered, the delivery man came to collect the empty dishes.

    • Yesterday, as volunteer work, I picked up the trash scattered all over the park.

  3. 3

    achieve; gain; score

    To achieve positive results.

    Korean definition: 좋은 결과를 얻다.

    • This company is reaping enormous profits by exporting its new products overseas.

    • Our school easily won the semifinal of the college basketball tournament and advanced to the final.

  4. 4

    collect; take care of

    To collect and take care of a corpse.

    Korean definition: 시체를 가져다가 잘 처리하다.

    • He asked me to take care of his remains with my own hands when he died.

    • An unidentified body was in the middle of the road, so the neighbors took care of it and held a funeral.