sickle

sick·le  (skl)

n.

1. An implement having a semicircular blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.

2. The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.

v. sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les

v.tr.

1. To cut with a sickle.

2. To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

v.intr.

To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.

adj.

Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped: a sickle moon.

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[Middle English sikel, from Old English sicol, from Vulgar Latin sicila, from Latin scula; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

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sickle

Noun

a tool for cutting grass and grain crops, with a curved blade and a short handle [Old English sicol]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sickle - an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle reap hook, reaping hook edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) haft, helve - the handle of a weapon or tool

Translations

sickle [ˈsɪkl] n → hoz f

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sickle [ˈsɪkl] n → faucille f

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sickle [ˈsɪkl] n → Sichel f

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sickle [ˈsɪkl] n → falcetto

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sickle

n sickle [ˈsikl]

a tool with a curved blade for cutting grain etc. sekel مِنْجَل сърп srp segl die Sichel δρεπάνι hoz sirp داس كوچك sirppi faucille מָגָל हंसिया srp sarló arit, sabit sigð falce, falcetto かま (작은) 낫 pjautuvas sirpis sabit sikkel sigd sierp foice seceră серп kosák srp srp skära เคียว orak 鐮刀 серп درانتی cái liềm 镰刀