to scythe
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7.4
- verb
- /saɪð/
:
segar
- Even with the help of Jackie's crew, it took them most of the evening to scythe back the thick brown weeds in the old Bolton plagueyard.
Examples
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He knew where elk slept in his woods at Arch Cape and did not scythe the grassy beds they came back to every winter, but let them grow, "so there's a spring in their mattress."
Academic text (2005) -
Highway 59, which scythes south-southwest through the sticks of the East Texas Piney Woods, seems to be the high-tide line for America's most unwanted stuff.
Fiction book (2002) -
Farmers typically scythe the tall grass in late summer to prepare the field for harvest.
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He decided to scythe the overgrown weeds in his backyard before the gardening season began.
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Using a traditional method, she scythe the grain by hand to preserve its quality.
Synonyms
85
1.0
To cut grass or crops with a machine like a lawnmower
53
3.0
To cut forcefully with a knife or sharp tool
9
3.5
To cut wool or hair from an animal with large scissors
Cut grain by hand with a long tool that holds plant stalks
To cut a path through tall grass and plants with a scythe or mower
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb scythe comes from the name of the tool, so to scythe is to 'cut' with that long curved blade or to cut through something in the same sharp, sweeping way.