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scythe1 nounscythe2 verb scythescythe1 /saɪð/ noun [countable]  scytheOrigin: Old English sithe - All reaping must be done by hand using sickle and scythe due to the difficulty in using modern machinery.
- As her scythe moved mechanically through the bean field, a sandy-colored hare was startled out of its hiding place.
- In one field he heard the hiss of scythes, and on a narrow terrace he saw two men weeding by lamplight.
- Jimmy was sitting in the shed sharpening a scythe.
- Joy made one last desperate attempt and produced the most horrendous squeak ever, like a hare caught by a harvest scythe.
- The scythe of time creates superiority of title as it does seniority of age.
- Throwing down his scythe he scooped up some millet and straightened up.
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Present | I, you, we, they | scythe | | he, she, it | scythes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scythed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scythed | | he, she, it | has scythed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scythed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scythe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scythed |
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Present | I | am scything | | he, she, it | is scything | | you, we, they | are scything | Past | I, he, she, it | was scything | | you, we, they | were scything | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scything | | he, she, it | has been scything | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scything | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scything | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scything |
- He would scythe her down if she didn't fit in with his plans.
- The first job was to scythe paths through the nettles so the children could play without being stung.
1[intransitive, transitive] to move through or destroy something quickly and violently: Bullets scythed through the crowd.2[transitive] to cut with a scythe |