Meaning
3 senses(rare, transitive)To cut with a sickle.
Near-synonyms: reap, mow
жатьžatʹ
жа́тиžáty
(intransitive)Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
(transitive)To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape, to cause to sickle.
Examples
22 sentencesDo you have a sickle that I could borrow?
The hammer and sickle symbolizes communism.
A sickle that gets used shines.
The villagers had torches and sickles.
deDie Dorfbewohner hatten Fackeln und Sicheln.
The hammer and sickle stand for communism.
deHammer und Sichel stehen für den Kommunismus.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English sikel (also assibilated in sichel), from Old English sicol, siċel, froFrom Middle English sikel (also assibilated in sichel), from Old English sicol, siċel, from Proto-West Germanic *sikilu, itself borrowed from Latin sēcula (“sickle”) or sīcīlis (“sickle”). Cognate with Dutch sikkel, German Sichel. Remotely related with English scythe and saw.
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Forms
sickles, sickling, sickled, sickledSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle