scythenoun [ C ]
uk/saɪð/us/saɪð/a tool with a long, sharp, curved blade and a long handle held in two hands, used especially to cut long grass
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sickle
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Gardening tools
- clippers
- edger
- hedge trimmers
- hoe
- hose
- hover mower
- lawnmower
- motor mower
- mower
- rake
- rose
- secateurs
- sprayer
- sprinkler
- Strimmer
- trowel
- watering can
- Weed Whacker
- wheelbarrow
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scytheverb
uk/saɪð/us/saɪð/[ T ] to cut something using a scythe
[ I + adv/prep ] to move very quickly through a group of people or things:
The racing car left the track at 120 mph and scythed through the crowd of spectators, killing ten.
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Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- cut sth down
- laceration
- lance
- mow
- nick
- notch
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- transfix
- trim
- whittle
- woodcarving
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