scythe

Speech parts

1. scythe - Noun

2. scythe - Verb

Meaning

An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.

A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.

To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sickle barb mallet shiv chine grindstone cutlass bill tool cut knife chisel hatchet bolo bomb
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Antonyms

create increase bear build join connect
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Hypernyms

mow cut down edge tool

Anagrams

chesty syetch

Examples

scythe grass or grain Source: Internet

A 17th-century English woodcut called the Mowing-Devil depicts the devil with a scythe mowing (cutting) a circular design in a field of oats. Source: Internet

After taking the Combat Cross, the Necromancer engages Simon in combat with his scythe. Source: Internet

Despite being stabbed with at least a dozen blades, Dante promptly makes fools out of his enemies by utterly thrashing them with the very scythe blades that he was impaled with. Source: Internet

Historical harvest methods involved cutting with a scythe or sickle, and threshing under the feet of cattle. Source: Internet

Marluxia will begin by slashing at Sora with his scythe. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

scytalone Scytalopus simonsi Scyth scythe down scythebill scythed