|  scythe 
  
 
 scythe  [scythe scythes scythed scything] noun, verb BrE [saɪð]  NAmE [saɪð]
 noun
 a tool with a long handle and a slightly curved blade, used for cutting long grass, etc.
 
 Word Origin:
 Old English sīthe, of  Germanic  origin; related to  Dutch zeis  and  German Sense.
 
 verb transitive, intransitive ~ (sth)
 to cut grass, etc. with a  ↑scythe
 •the scent of newly scythed grass
 Verb forms:
   
 Word Origin:
 Old English sīthe, of  Germanic  origin; related to  Dutch zeis  and  German Sense.
 
 
 
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