scythe

as inknife
as inweapon
as inmow
as incut

Synonyms for scythe

noun cutting tool

Word Origin & History

Old English siðe, sigði, from Proto-Germanic *segithoz (cf. Middle Low German segede, Middle Dutch sichte, Old High German segensa, German Sense), from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.)). The sc- spelling crept in early 15c., from influence of Latin scissor "carver, cutter" and scindere "to cut." Cf. French scier "saw," a false spelling from sier.

Example Sentences forscythe

Only one thing could surpass him: the scythe of death which blindly mows the world.

There is another ahead of him there, with the head of a scythe inside his smock.

The American pioneers had only a sickle or a scythe with which to cut their grain.

Close by them a man was preparing to scythe out one of the dell-holes.

If the ould Governor's got a tongue like a file, Philip's got a tongue like a scythe—he'll mow them down.

Mark, upon this, took up a scythe and began to cut the wheat.

Hugh wielded the scythe the whole of the harvest, and Margaret gathered to him.

The scythe, the sickle, and the flail were the same as their forbears had used for centuries.

It looked so firm and thick that Dave said you could cut it with a scythe.

It is a stubborn squatter, yielding only to scythe, plough, and hoe combined.

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Synonyms for scythe

knife

knives

mow

mowing

weapon

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Synonyms for scythe

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