Definition of sickle Sickle
/sɪˈkʌl/ - [sikul] - sick•le
We found 12 definitions of sickle from 7 different sources.
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What does sickle mean?
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NounPlural: sickles |
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| sickle - an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle | ||
| reaping hook, reap hook | ||
| edge tool any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sickle (Noun)
An implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops. - sickle (Verb)
To cut with a sickle. - sickle (Verb)
To deform as with a red blood cell into an abnormal crescent shape. - sickle (Verb)
To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells. - sickle (Adjective)
Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sickle (n.)
A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap. - sickle (n.)
A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sickle
An implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops in agriculture.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sickle
sik′l, n. a hooked instrument for cutting grain.—n. Sic′kle-bill, a name applied to various birds with sickle-shaped bill.—adj. Sic′kled, bearing a sickle.—ns. Sic′kle-feath′er, one of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock; Sic′kleman, one who uses a sickle, a reaper.—adj. Sic′kle-shaped.—n. Sic′kle-wort, the self-heal. [A.S. sicol, sicel—L. secula, a sickle—secāre, to cut.]
Wikipedia 
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A sickle is a curved tool used in agriculture for harvesting grain crops. It was the tool used before machines were used for harvesting. It has a curved blade with an attached handle. The inside part of the blade is sharp, so that the user can swing the blade against the crop's base, catching it in the curve and slicing it.
In Greek mythology, the Greek deities Cronus and Perseus used the sickle as a weapon.
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🔤- sickle, noun, singular of sickles.
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