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Sickle
/ˈsɪkl̩/
An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
📖 Definitions of "Sickle"
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An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
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Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.
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To cut with a sickle.
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To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
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Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
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Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
"a sickle moon"
🔄 Synonyms of "Sickle"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| reaping hooknoun | A sickle, particularly a small one with a short handle used for cutting grass or crops. |
| reap hooknoun | A sickle. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sickle"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| reaping hooknoun | A sickle, particularly a small one with a short handle used for cutting grass or crops. |
| reap hooknoun | A sickle. |
| hemoglobinopathynoun | (American spelling, medicine) Any of a range of inherited genetic disorders affecting hemoglobin. |
| scythenoun | An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. |
| reaping-hooknoun | Alternative form of reaping hook. [A sickle, particularly a small one with a short handle used for cutting grass or crops.] |
| pruning-hooknoun | Alternative spelling of pruning hook. [billhook] |
| billhooknoun | An agricultural hand tool often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants. |
| hedge-bill | — |
| reapernoun | One who reaps; a person employed to harvest crops from the fields by reaping. |
| falxnoun | Any sickle-shaped part or process. |
| serpenoun | A surname. |
| cutternoun | A person or device that cuts (in various senses). |
| slash hooknoun | (especially Ireland) A sickle or grasshook: an agricultural tool for cutting away small vegetation. |
| kamanoun | (Hinduism) The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition. |
| hedgebillnoun | A hedger's tool resembling a sickle. |
| cradlenoun | A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. |
| grasshooknoun | A sickle. |
| sithenoun | (obsolete) A sigh. |
| slicernoun | Someone or something that slices. |
| colternoun | A surname. |
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