scythe Synonyms

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scythe Meaning

Wordnet

scythe (n)

an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground

Wordnet

scythe (v)

cut with a scythe

Webster

scythe (n.)

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.

Webster

scythe (v. t.)

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

scythe Sentence Examples

  1. The farmer honed his scythe to a razor's edge before harvesting the golden wheat.
  2. The grim reaper wielded his obsidian scythe, reaping the souls of the departed.
  3. The gardeners wielded their scythes to trim the overgrown hedges.
  4. The ancient battleground was littered with scythes that once belonged to fallen warriors.
  5. The artist used a scythe as a metaphor for the passage of time in his haunting sculpture.
  6. The museum curator displayed a collection of scythes from different historical periods.
  7. The blacksmith forged a scythe from tempered steel, its blade gleaming in the workshop light.
  8. The gardener's scythe echoed through the quiet garden as he cleared the autumn leaves.
  9. The druid held a sacred scythe, adorned with ancient runes, during the solstice ritual.
  10. The executioner's scythe gleamed ominously in the flickering torchlight, a symbol of his gruesome task.

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an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground, cut with a scytheAn in

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The farmer honed his scythe to a razor's edge before harvesting the golden wheat.

The grim reaper wielded his obsidian scythe, reaping the souls of the departed.

The gardeners wielded their scythes to trim the overgrown hedges.

The ancient battleground was littered with scythes that once belonged to fallen warriors.