sickle
IPA: sˈɪkʌɫ
noun
- (agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
- Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.
- A surname from German.
verb
- (agriculture, transitive) To cut with a sickle.
- (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
- (intransitive) Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
adjective
- Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
Advertisement
Examples of "sickle" in Sentences
- The farmer used a sharp sickle to cut down the tall wheat in his fields
- The sickle moon hung low in the night sky, casting a dim light over the forest
- The sickle-shaped blade of the weapon gleamed in the sunlight, ready for battle
- The old man waved his sickle in the air, signaling the start of the harvest season
- The sickle's curved blade made it perfect for cutting through thick stalks of corn
Advertisement
Advertisement