scythe
noun
an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
is scything
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present progressiveof scythe (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A man in a white shirt, whose face we don't see, has returned to his farm, and is scything its ripe wheat, which stretches to the blue band of the horizon.
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