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Sickle

noun
/ˈsɪkl̩/
Word Frequency: 2.3

Definitions

1.nounAn implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
2.nounAny of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.
3.verbTo cut with a sickle.
4.verbTo deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
5.verbOf red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
6.adjectiveShaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
"a sickle moon"

Synonyms

reap hookreaping hookhemoglobinopathyscythereaping-hookpruning-hookbillhookhedge-billreaperfalxserpecutter

Rhymes With

tricklepickleticklenickelnickleicklepumpernickelbrickle
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