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Definition of Sickle
1. Noun. An edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle.
Definition of Sickle
1. n. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap.
Definition of Sickle
1. Noun. (context: agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops ¹
2. Verb. (context: agriculture transitive) To cut with a sickle ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells. ¹
5. Adjective. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sickle
1. to cut with an agricultural implement having a single blade [v -LED, -LING, -LES]
Medical Definition of Sickle
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1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap. "When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine." (Shak)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sickle
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