sickle
Pronunciation:
/ˈsɪkl̩//ˈsɪkl̩//ˈsɪkl̩/noun
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An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.
verb
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To cut with a sickle.
To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
adjective
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Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
Example: a sickle moon