scythe
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6.7
- noun
- /saɪð/
:
guadaña
- "The man set down his scythe, took off his hat, and wiped his face with a kerchief."
- a long scythe
- cut with a scythe
I bring my Sith or scythe.
- I bring my Sith or scythe.
Examples
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The short blade was curved like a scythe, its fat wooden handle fitting snugly in her palm.
Academic text (2016) -
I loved when the men from the village cut the meadows with their scythes.
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Has anyone seen anyone use a scythe to clear brush?
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Louis swings the scythe, too fast to see what he himself is doing.
Fiction book (1994) -
I nearly dropped him, for I was sharpening a scythe we will be using soon in the barley field.
Fiction book (1994) -
Everyone working in rhythm exhaling when they mowed, and inhaling when they pulled the scythes back.
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The farmer used his scythe to harvest the tall grass in the field.
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During the summer, we would watch as the men skillfully swung their scythes to cut the crops.
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In the past, many workers relied on a scythe to clear large areas of farmland by hand.
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Etymology
The word scythe comes from an old German word meaning 'to cut', so it became the name for the long-handled curved blade farmers use to cut grass and crops.