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to sickling

to sickling

7.8
To cut grain or grass by hand using a curved tool
  • verb
  • /ˈsɪk.lɪŋ/
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  • Farmers were sickling the wheat before the rain started.

Examples

  • They spent the afternoon sickling the tall grass along the field's edge.

  • Farmers are sickling the wheat before the rain comes.

  • The workers took turns sickling the overgrown weeds by the riverbank.

  • He sickled the grass in the backyard yesterday.

  • The farmers spent the day sickling the ripe barley before it could be damaged by the storm.

  • During harvest time, many families were sickling the tall grasses in the fields.

  • He was sickling the crops carefully to ensure a good yield at the end of the season.

Synonyms

to sickle
vsto sickling
1 6.6

To cut plants or grain with a small hand tool with a curved blade

is a continuous action form that stresses ongoing cutting rather than the base verb

How Curved

hook
9 1.0
to sickling
7.8

Surface Forms

sickling infinitive
sickled past
sickled past participle
sickling present participle
sicklings third person singular

Morphology

sickling = sickle (transparent) = sickle + ing

Present-participle form of the verb 'sickle' used as a verb; meaning follows standard -ing formation.

Etymology

Sickling as a verb comes from the tool sickle, a 'curved blade' used to cut grass or grain, plus -ing to make the action. To 'sickle' something is to cut it with that curved blade or to make it take a similar curved shape.