scythe

🇺🇸 /saɪð/ 🇬🇧 /saɪð/
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noun
R

A long tool with a curved blade for cutting grass or crops.

He swung the scythe through the tall grass.

verb
R

To use this tool to cut grass or crops.

They spent the morning scything the wheat field.

translation

n. A long tool with a curved blade for cutting grass or crops.
v. To use this tool to cut grass or crops.

Word Forms

3rd Present scythes
Past scythed
Perfect scythed
Progressive scything
Plural scythes