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sickle

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English

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WOTD – 28 November 2016
A sickle(smaller) and ascythe(larger)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsikel (alsoassibilated insichel), fromOld Englishsicol,siċel, fromProto-West Germanic*sikilu, itself borrowed fromLatinsēcula(sickle) orsīcīlis(sickle). Cognate withDutchsikkel,GermanSichel. Remotely related with Englishscythe andsaw.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sickle (pluralsickles)

  1. (agriculture) Animplement having asemicircularblade andshorthandle, used forcuttinglonggrass andcerealcrops.
  2. Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domesticcock.

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Translations

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agricultural implement

Further reading

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Verb

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Amicrograph ofred blood cells of a person withsickle-cell disease, which causes some cells to assume abnormal, sickle-likecrescent shapes

sickle (third-person singular simple presentsickles,present participlesickling,simple past and past participlesickled)

  1. (agriculture, transitive) Tocut with a sickle.
  2. (transitive) Todeform (as with ared blood cell) into anabnormalcrescent shape.
  3. (intransitive) Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.

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Translations

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to cut with a sickle

Adjective

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sickle (comparativemoresickle,superlativemostsickle)

  1. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
    asickle moon

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shaped like the blade of a sickle
crescent-shaped
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