Sekirov Dictionary

scythe

/ˈsaɪð/

verb 4
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 1

verb4

To use a scythe.
To cut with a scythe.
To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
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(figurative) To attack or injure as if cutting.
- The boy began to keen, and the high-pitched noise scythed through Song's head. — 2011

noun3

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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.
- And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence. — 1609
(historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
The tenth Lenormand card.

forms

scythed · scything · scythes

Phrases with scythe

scythe down
To violently cause to fall down.

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