Meaning & use
Sickle
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A hand tool with a curved blade, used for cutting grain or grass.
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The farmer swung the sickle in rhythmic strokes through the wheat.
The hammer and sickle became a symbol of communist movements in the 20th century.
A note on using this word
A sickle's curved blade also lends its name to conditions like "sickle-cell disease," where red blood cells take on a similar crescent shape.
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