Thesaurus: scythe

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1. n. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
2. n. A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
3. v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
4. n. an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground
5. v. cut with a scythe
6. 1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use. The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. Dryden. The scythe of Time mows down. Milton. 2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.] Time had not scythed all that youth begun. Shak.
7. v:18/n:82 n. an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground v. cut with a scythe