To cut and take in crops or grass with a sickle or machine; to reap or harvest (also to mow away).
秋になって田んぼの稲を刈り取った。
In autumn we harvested the rice in the paddies.
庭の伸びた雑草を鎌で刈り取った。
I cut down the overgrown weeds in the garden with a sickle.
台風で多くの作物が倒れ、刈り取るのが大変だった。
Many crops were flattened by the typhoon, and harvesting was difficult.