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sickle
English
Etymology
From Middle English sikel (also assibilated in sichel), from Old English sicol, si?el, from Proto-Germanic *sikil? (“ploughshare”), of uncertain origin.Possibly a borrowing from Latin s?cula (“sickle”) or s?c?lis (“sickle”); itself from Proto-Albanian *tsik?, or, alternatively derived as a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *sek? (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *seg-, a variant of Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Cognate with West Frisian systel, sisel, sizel (“sickle”), Dutch sikkel (“sickle”), German Sichel (“sickle”). Related also to West Frisian sichte (“sickle”), Dutch zicht (“sickle”), German Low German Sichte, Sicht (“sickle”), German Sech (“the blade of a sickle or scythe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?kl?/
- Rhymes: -?k?l
- Hyphenation: sic?kle
Noun
sickle (plural sickles)
- (agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
- Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.
Synonyms
- reap hook
- reaping hook
Coordinate terms
- scythe
Derived terms
- sickle cell
- hammer and sickle
- moonsickle
Translations
Further reading
- Sickle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
sickle (third-person singular simple present sickles, present participle sickling, simple past and past participle sickled)
- (agriculture, transitive) To cut with a sickle.
- (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
- (intransitive) Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
Derived terms
- (transitive: to deform): sickler
Translations
Adjective
sickle (comparative more sickle, superlative most sickle)
- Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
Derived terms
- sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia
Translations
Anagrams
- Celiks, Eslick, Ickles, Leicks, ickles
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sythe
English
Noun
sythe (plural sythes)
- Obsolete form of scythe.
Verb
sythe (third-person singular simple present sythes, present participle sything, simple past and past participle sythed)
- Obsolete form of scythe.
Anagrams
- hyest, they's, ythes
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