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. — Waldelfe
The hammer and sickle stand for communism.
deHammer und Sichel stehen für den Kommunismus. — Yorwba
Translations
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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