sickle

/ˈsɪkl̩/

noun

  1. 1

    An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.

  2. 2

    Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To cut with a sickle.

  2. 2

    To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

  3. 3

    Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.

adjective

  1. 1

    Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.

    “a sickle moon”

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