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Word entry · 6 letters

scythe

Best crossword clue

"Grim Reaper's tool"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsaɪð/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cehstyStarts with SEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2C3Y4T5H6E

Definitions

  1. A long-handled tool with a curved blade for cutting grass or grain.

Word origin

From Middle English sythe, sithe, from Old English sīþe, sīgþe, sigdi (“sickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *sigiþi, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz, *sigiþō, derived from *seg- (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Used in a sentence

  • And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.
  • Early next morning the gudewife took a scythe on her shoulder, and went out in the fields with the hay-mowers to mow.
  • The boy began to keen, and the high-pitched noise scythed through Song's head.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Grim Reaper's tool6 letters
02Curved mowing blade6 letters

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