noun, verb
noun a tool with a long handle and a slightly curved blade, used for cutting long grass and corn
verb to cut grass, corn, etc. with a scythe:
[VN] the scent of newly scythed grass * [V] (figurative) The plane scythed through buildings in the city's suburbs.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for scythe is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does scythe appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — scythe appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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