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 [ˈsɪk^əl]

n

(Engineering / Tools) an implement for cutting grass, corn, etc., having a curved blade and a short handle

[Old English sicol, from Latin sēcula; related to secāre to cut]

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 [ˈsɪk^əl] n (= tool) → faucille f
the hammer and sickle → la faucille et le marteau
sick leave n → congé m de maladie, congé m maladie
on sick leave → en congé de maladie, en congé maladie
sickle-cell anaemia n → anémie f à hématies falciformes, drépanocytose f

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sickle

n → Sichel f

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sickle [ˈsɪkl] n → falcetto
hammer and sickle → falce e martello

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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 낫 pjautuvas sirpis sabit sikkel sigd sierp foice seceră серп kosák srp srp skära เคียว orak 鐮刀 серп درانتی cái liềm 镰刀