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noun an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
(initial capital letter )Astronomy . a group of stars in the constellation Leo, likened to this implement in formation.
Origin of sickle before 1000; Middle English sikel, Old English sicol; cognate with Dutch zikkel, German Sichel, all ≪ Latin secula, equivalent to sec (āre ) to cut + -ula -ule
Words nearby sickle sick headache, sickie, sick in bed, sickish, sick joke, sickle , sick leave, sicklebill, sickle cell, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle cell anemia
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Example sentences from the Web for sickle The communist part is no joke, either—his business card features a Soviet-style hammer and sickle in red.
The Big Story Out of Herzliya Might Be About China and Israeli Drones | Eli Lake| March 12, 2013| DAILY BEAST
France's Communist party has undergone a revolution and dropped the hammer and sickle from its membership cards.
France's Communists Sell Out | David Frum| February 10, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Search online for “Obama” and “communist” or “hammer and sickle ” and hundreds of images pop up.
The GOP's Ugly Jokers | John Avlon| August 6, 2009| DAILY BEAST
A new ad campaign paints the president as a communist on health care—complete with hammer and sickle .
The GOP's Ugly Jokers | John Avlon| August 6, 2009| DAILY BEAST
But there was a twist—the hammer and sickle through the “c” in “Obama Care.”
The GOP's Ugly Jokers | John Avlon| August 6, 2009| DAILY BEAST
To avert sickness from a family, hang up a sickle , or iron implement, at the bed head.
Notes & Queries, No. 19, Saturday, March 9, 1850 | Various
As the wheat-stalk bends after the stroke of the sickle , Andry bent his head and fell upon the grass without uttering a word.
Russia: Its People and Its Literature | Emilia Pardo Bazán
In the first attempt to use the sickle Terence was so awkward as to fall forward and break the implement into two pieces.
The Boy Slaves | Mayne Reid
In itself the reaping-hook is an enlarged sickle , and the sickle was in use in Roman times, and no man knows how long before that.
Field and Hedgerow | Richard Jefferies
She held the sickle as her sceptre, and a tiara composed of the bearded grain covered her brow.
The Headsman | James Fenimore Cooper
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British Dictionary definitions for sickle noun an implement for cutting grass, corn, etc, having a curved blade and a short handle
Word Origin for sickle Old English sicol, from Latin sēcula; related to secāre to cut
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Words related to sickle bayonet, dagger, blade, sword, skewer, machete, cutter, scalpel, knife, trim, shear, shave, slice, rip, slash, carve, curtail, divide, lance, steel
Medical definitions for sickle v. To cut with a sickle.
To deform a red blood cell into an abnormal crescent shape.
To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
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