sickle
An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass…An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
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3 sensesAn implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
Coordinate term: scythe
Sichel
серпserp
серпserp
an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
Anything resembling a sickle, especially:
A sickle feather, any of the sickle-shaped rear feathers of the domestic cock.
(poetic)The crescent moon.
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
plural: sicklesSynonyms
2 synonyms- an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle:reaping hookreap hook