Meaning & use
scythe
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A long-handled farming tool with a curved blade, used for cutting grass or crops by hand.
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The farmer swung his scythe rhythmically through the tall wheat.
Death is traditionally depicted carrying a scythe.
A note on using this word
Long associated with harvest imagery, the scythe is also the traditional emblem of the personified figure of Death in Western art.
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2. verb
To cut with a scythe.
He scythed the overgrown meadow before the wedding.
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