scythe

[scythe]

A scythe is a sharp, curved blade used for mowing or reaping. While farmers use it to cut plants, the grim reaper uses it to, well, scare you to death.

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An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.

Noun
an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground

Verb
cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain"


n.
An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.

n.
A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

v. t.
To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.


Scythe

Scythe (s&imac;th), n. [OE. sithe, AS. s'c6'ebe, sig'ebe; akin to Icel. sig'ebr a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.] [Written also sithe and sythe.] 1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass.
The scythe of Time mows down.
2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

Scythe

Scythe , v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.]
Time had not scythed all that youth begun.

An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.

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Usage Examples

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

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