scythe /ˈsaɪð, ˈsaɪ/
長柄的大鐮刀,戰車鐮(vt.)以大鐮刀割
Scythe n. [Written also sithe and sythe.]
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. --Drayton.
Whatever thing
The scythe of Time mows down. --Milton.
2. Antiq. A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Scythe v. t. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.]
Time had not scythed all that youth begun. --Shak.
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scythe
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; "scythe grass or grain"