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: an implement used for mowing grass, grain, or other crops and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle
scythed; scything
: to use a scythe
: to cut with or as if with a scythe
scything cornstalks
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Nena Farrell, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Avenging Cossacks waited to skewer enemy soldiers on their long lances; Russian peasants simply slaughtered them with scythes.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
One fun way to encourage kids to get out into the heart of a meadow area and witness its wildlife and plants up close is to mow or scythe a maze into it that kids can run or walk through.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 27 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Plus, cleaning up a farm is so much faster when multiple axes and scythes are chopping away at the clutter.
—Nena Farrell, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Avenging Cossacks waited to skewer enemy soldiers on their long lances; Russian peasants simply slaughtered them with scythes.
—Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 29 Dec. 2022
Verb
It’s farmed using traditional methods — scythed by hand and visited each autumn by Shropshire sheep.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
One fun way to encourage kids to get out into the heart of a meadow area and witness its wildlife and plants up close is to mow or scythe a maze into it that kids can run or walk through.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 27 Mar. 2023
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“Scythe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scythe. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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