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S0385700 (sĭk′əl)n.1. An implement having a crescent-shaped blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.2. The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.v. sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les v.tr.1. To cut with a sickle.2. To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.v.intr. To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.adj. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped: a sickle moon.

[Middle English sikel, from Old English sicol, from Vulgar Latin sicila, from Latin sēcula; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

sickle

(ˈsɪkəl) n (Tools) an implement for cutting grass, corn, etc, having a curved blade and a short handle[Old English sicol, from Latin sēcula; related to secāre to cut]

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(ˈsɪk əl)

n. 1. an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle. 2. (cap.) a group of stars in the constellation Leo, likened to this implement in formation. [before 1000; Middle English sikel, Old English sicol, c. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch sekele, Old High German sichila, all « Latin secula=sec(āre) to cut + -ula -ule]

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Noun

sickle - an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handlereap hook, reaping hookedge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)haft, helve - the handle of a weapon or tool

Translations

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sickle

(ˈsikl) noun a tool with a curved blade for cutting grain etc. 镰刀

sickle

an implement for cutting grass, corn, etc., having a curved blade and a short handle

Sickle

a hand implement consisting of a long, curved, slightly serrated blade and used for cutting grain. Sickles first appeared in the Neolithic and were initially used to cut wild plants. They were made of wood, bone, or clay and had a cutting edge consisting of small chips of flint, called microliths, set in a groove in a mounting. Sickles made entirely of flint date from the Aeneolithic. The first metal sickles, made of bronze, appeared in the Bronze Age. Iron sickles, which appeared in the early Iron Age, were initially small and slightly curved. Later the shapes of sickles changed, becoming larger and more curved. In the USSR the sickle has survived only as a tool for small private farm plots.

sickle

[′sik·əl] (agriculture) The cutting mechanism of a binder, reaper, or combine. (design engineering) A hand tool consisting of a hooked metal blade with a short handle, used for cutting grain or other agricultural products. (textiles) A hooked arm for guiding the thread in a spinning mule.

Sickle

[′sik·əl] (astronomy) A group of six stars in the constellation Leo that outline the head of the lion.

sickle

(sĭk′əl)v. sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les v.tr. To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.v.intr. To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.adj. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped: a sickle moon.

Patient discussion about sickle

Q. Please precribe for me the possible medicine (treatment) for sickle cells. Secondly, my boy lost hearing at 4 1- I need to know how sickle cells can be treated. 2- My boy just surprisingly lost his abillity to hear anything at the age of 4.A. wow...you are going through some hard times...it's the hardest thing in the world seeing your children in pain. loosing his hearing could be caused by clots that were formed and destroyed the ear nerve. but it's unlikely it happened in both ears...so i would check it out. and about treatment- there are a variety of treatments, so i found a web site with them all. and even some that are still in research: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Sca/SCA_Treatments.html

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noun an edge tool for cutting grass or crops

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