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sickle
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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.

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

sickle [ˈsɪkəl]
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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sicklesickle - an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle
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] Nhoz f

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

sickle
nSichel f

sickle [ˈsɪkl] nfalcetto
hammer and sickle → falce e martello
sickle [ˈsɪkl] nfalcetto
hammer and sickle → falce e martello

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


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