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- Dictionaryscythe/sʌɪð/
noun
- 1. a tool used for cutting crops such as grass or corn, with a long curved blade at the end of a long pole attached to one or two short handles.
verb
- 1. cut with a scythe: "the grass was scythed at regular intervals"
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verb. uk / saɪð / us / saɪð / [ T ] to cut something using a scythe. [ I + adv/prep ] to move very quickly through a group of people or things: The racing car left the track at 120 mph and scythed through the crowd of spectators, killing ten.
The meaning of SCYTHE is an implement used for mowing grass, grain, or other crops and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle. How to use scythe in a sentence.
A scythe ( / saɪð / SYDHE) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops. It is historically used to cut down or reap edible grains, before the process of threshing. The scythe has been largely replaced by horse -drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia.
to move very quickly through a group of people or things: The race car left the track at 120 mph and scythed through the crowd of spectators, killing ten.
Scythe definition: an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.. See examples of SCYTHE used in a sentence.
A scythe is a sharp, curved blade used for mowing or reaping. While farmers use it to cut plants, the grim reaper uses it to, well, scare you to death. In Old English, scythe was spelled siðe. Since there is no longer an ð in modern English, scythe became the accepted form of the word in the early 15th century.
noun. 1. a tool with a long, single-edged blade set at an angle on a long, curved handle, used in cutting long grass, grain, etc. by hand. verb transitive Word forms: scythed or ˈscything.
