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| scythe [ sī ] |
noun (plural scythes) |
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tool for mowing or reaping: an implement with a long handle and a long curved single-edged blade, used to cut grass, crops, or similar plants by swinging the blade horizontally close to the ground
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle scythed, present participle scyth·ing, 3rd person present singular scythes) |
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cut something with scythe: to cut or reap something with or as if with a scythe
 scythed grass
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| [ Old English siþe< Indo-European, "to cut"] |
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