sickle
an implement for cutting grain, grass, etc., consisting of a curved, hooklike blade mounted in a short handle.
Sickle, Astronomy. a group of stars in the constellation Leo, likened to this implement for its curved, sickle-like shape.
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How to use sickle in a sentence
When the red hammer and sickle banner was pulled from the Kremlin ramparts a final time 30 years ago, obituaries for socialism were written by the hundreds.
Corded mowers are the simplest lawn mowers besides a fly-wheel push mower or sickle and are always ready to slice up some grass.
Best electric lawn mower: Give up the gas for one of these powerful trimmers | Irena Collaku | July 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn one trial for sickle cell anemia, doctors remove cells from the body, edit them in a dish, and then infuse them back into the patient.
Breakthrough CRISPR Gene Therapy Could Be a ‘One and Done’ Injection | Jason Dorrier | July 1, 2021 | Singularity HubIn addition to his clogged arteries, the examination showed, he had sickle cell trait, high blood pressure and a small tumor in his abdomen, none of which was involved in his death, according to the experts and the autopsies.
At the heart of Derek Chauvin’s trial is this question: What killed George Floyd? | Lenny Bernstein, Holly Bailey | March 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe more active I became, it seemed as though the more infrequent my sickle cell pain crises became.
Making Moves With Sickle Cell & Living Beyond A Diagnosis | Steven Psyllos | February 1, 2021 | Essence.com
The periodic agony that accompanies sickle cell was joined by the torment of persistent eye infections and repeated surgeries.
The communist part is no joke, either—his business card features a Soviet-style hammer and sickle in red.
The Big Story Out of Herzliya Might Be About China and Israeli Drones | Eli Lake | March 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFrance's Communist party has undergone a revolution and dropped the hammer and sickle from its membership cards.
But there was a twist—the hammer and sickle through the “c” in “Obama Care.”
Search online for “Obama” and “communist” or “hammer and sickle” and hundreds of images pop up.
Then Morfed lifted his arm and began to sing softly, swinging the sickle in time to the song, with his eyes on us.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. WhistlerIt was an uncanny song, and I waxed uneasy as it went on, and the flashing sickle waved more quickly before my eyes.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. WhistlerThe song stopped, and the lifted sickle sank with the hand that held it, and the eyes of Morfed left mine and sought the ground.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. WhistlerThen our captain—wild, saucy Peg sickle—bounded up with the cry, 'Crown the captain!'
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretSeems to me this dust is like the grain that is shed from a ripe crop before it comes to the sickle.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for sickle
/ (ˈsɪkəl) /
an implement for cutting grass, corn, etc, having a curved blade and a short handle
Origin of sickle
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