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| sick·le [ sík'l ] |
noun (plural sick·les) |
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1. tool for cutting grass: a short-handled implement with a curved blade used for cutting tall grass or grain
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2. blades of farm implement: the cutting mechanism of a combine harvester, reaper, or mower
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verb (past and past participle sick·led, present participle sick·ling, 3rd person present singular sick·les) |
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1. transitive verb cut something with sickle: to cut something using a sickle
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2. transitive and intransitive verb cell biology deform red blood cell: to change a red blood cell into a sickle cell, or become a sickle cell
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adjective |
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curved: curved in shape like a sickle
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literary
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  by the light of a sickle moon
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| [ Old English sicol, via Germanic < Latin secula< secare "to cut"] |
