sickle

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪkl̩/

Noun

sickle (plural sickles)

1. (agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
2. Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.

Synonyms

• reap hook
• reaping hook

Translations

• French: faucille
• German: Sichel
• Italian: falce, falcetto
• Portuguese: foice
• Russian: серп
• Spanish: hoz

Verb

sickle (sickles, present participle sickling; past and past participle sickled)

1. (agriculture, transitive) To cut#Verb|cut with a sickle.
2. (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
3. (intransitive) Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.

Translations

• French: fauciller
• Russian: жать

Adjective

sickle

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

   a sickle moon

Translations

• French: falciforme
• Italian: falciforme
• Russian: серповидный
• Spanish: falciforme

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