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SCYTHE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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 groundplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scythe" is a kind of...):

edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))

Derivation:

scythe (cut with a scythe)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they scythe  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it scythes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: scythed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: scythed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: scything  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut with a scytheplay

Example:

scythe grass or grain

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "scythe" is one way to...):

cut down; mow (cut with a blade or mower)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They scythe rye in the field


Derivation:

scythe (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)

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