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sick·le
I. \ˈsikəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English sikel, from Old English sicol, sicel; akin to Old High German sichila sickle, Middle Dutch sekele; all from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from Latin secula — more at saw
1.
a. : an agricultural implement consisting of a hook-shaped metal blade with a short handle fitted on a tang
b.
(1) : the cutting mechanism of a binder, reaper, combine, or header consisting of a flat bar to which are riveted a head and a series of sharp serrated 5-sided cutting blades
(2) : the knife with smooth sections used on a mower
2. : any of a series of sickle-shaped arms in a spinning mule to guide the thread
3. : sickle feather
4. : something that is suggestive of a sickle in shape or use : crescent
< this sickle of sand which encloses one of the finest harbors — Mary H. Vorse >
 [sickle 1]
II. verb
(sickled ; sickled ; sickling \-k(ə)liŋ\ ; sickles)
transitive verb
1. : to mow or reap with a sickle
< sickle down the weeds along the wall — Rumer Godden >
2. : to form (a red blood cell) into a crescent
intransitive verb
1. : to move in a curving line suggestive of that of a sickle
< children … would sickle quietly back like boomerangs along the soundless lawn — Ray Bradbury >
2. : to form into a crescent
< the ability of red blood cells to sickle >
III. adjective
: having the form of a sickle blade : having a curve similar to that of a sickle blade
< the sickle moon >
< a sickle beach > |