sickle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English sikel (also assibilated in sichel), from Old English sicol, siċel, from Proto-West Germanic *sikilu, itself borrowed from Latin sēcula (“sickle”) or sīcīlis (“sickle”). Cognate with Dutch sikkel, German Sichel. Remotely related with English scythe and saw.
Meanings
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An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
Oft did the harveſt to their ſickle yield, Their furrow oft the ſtubborn glebe has broke; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow’d the woods beneath their ſturdy ſtroke!
1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC, page 81:Lou's not Times foole, though roſie lips and cheeks VVithin his bending ſickles compaſſe come, Loue alters not with his breefe houres and vveekes, But beares it out euen to the edge of doome: If this be error and vpon me proued, I neuer vvrit, nor no man euer loued.
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 116”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature H, recto:Coordinate term: scythe
- Anything resembling a sickle, especially: ▸ A sickle feather, any of the sickle-shaped rear feathers of the domestic cock.
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(poetic) Anything resembling a sickle, especially: ▸ The crescent moon.
Then, ere the silver sickle of that month Became her golden shield, I stole from court With Cyril and with Florian, unperceived.
1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 1”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sickles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
sickle moon · moonsickle · hammer and sickle · sickle-cell anemia · sicklebill · sicklepod · sickle cell · sicklelike · unsickle · sickle and hammer · sickleman · sicklebush · sicklemia · sicklewise · sickle-billed vanga · chicken sickle · sickle medick · chain sickle · sickle alfalfa · sickleweed
Synonyms
Translations (188)
lzz მანგალი (agricultural implement) · xmf მაგანა (agricultural implement) · atv оргак (agricultural implement) · gl fouciño (agricultural implement) · rup seatsirã (agricultural implement) · ady гъупчъ (agricultural implement) · rup cusor (agricultural implement) · tt урак (agricultural implement) · ro seceră (agricultural implement) · ta அரிவாள் (agricultural implement) · cs srp (agricultural implement) · nb sigd (agricultural implement) · vi liềm (agricultural implement) · alt серип (agricultural implement) · sh ср̑п (agricultural implement) · an falz (agricultural implement) · eu igitai (agricultural implement) · kjj чин (agricultural implement) · nan-hbl 鐮刀 /镰刀 (agricultural implement) · ary منجل (agricultural implement) · cu срьпъ (agricultural implement) · hsb serp (agricultural implement) · gv corran (agricultural implement) · ota اوراق (agricultural implement) · id arit (agricultural implement) · ltg pļautivs (agricultural implement) · yi סערפּ (agricultural implement) · sv skära (agricultural implement) · ckb داس (agricultural implement) · lb Séchel (agricultural implement) · es echona (agricultural implement) · uz oʻroq (agricultural implement) · ps منګال (agricultural implement) · gl fouce (agricultural implement) · nog орак (agricultural implement) · te కొడవలి (agricultural implement) · ug ئورغاق (agricultural implement) · rup seatsiri (agricultural implement) · ur ہَن٘سِیا (agricultural implement) · aot khatchi (agricultural implement) · egy A-z:x-U1 (agricultural implement) · fa داس (agricultural implement) · ko 낫 (agricultural implement) · dsb serp (agricultural implement) · rif amjar (agricultural implement) · pt foice (agricultural implement) · la falx (agricultural implement) · lbe мухӏ (agricultural implement) · cy cryman (agricultural implement) · dta xaduur (agricultural implement) · dar мирш (agricultural implement) · dlm secla (agricultural implement) · qu ichhuna (agricultural implement) · sl srp (agricultural implement) · sjd се̄ҏҏп (agricultural implement) · pdt Säakjel (agricultural implement) · es segur (agricultural implement) · cv ҫурла (agricultural implement) · uga 𐎎𐎓𐎕𐎄 (agricultural implement) · dz ཟོརཝ (agricultural implement) · oc volam (agricultural implement) · tg дос (agricultural implement) · nl zichel (agricultural implement) · wa fåceye (agricultural implement) · ro сечерэ (agricultural implement) · ne हँसिया (agricultural implement) · my တံစဉ် (agricultural implement) · sh sȓp (agricultural implement) · sva ნაშდა̈ქ (agricultural implement) · alt оргок (agricultural implement) · crh orak (agricultural implement) · es hoz (agricultural implement) · got 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (agricultural implement) · grc δρεπάνη (agricultural implement) · oc fauç (agricultural implement) · la falcicula (agricultural implement) · uk серп (agricultural implement) · ja 鎌 (agricultural implement) · egy K4-A-b-U1 (agricultural implement) · yue 鐮刀 /镰刀 (agricultural implement) · rup dirpani (agricultural implement) · bn কাস্তে (agricultural implement) · nn sigd (agricultural implement) · lo ກ່ຽວ (agricultural implement) · sw mundu (agricultural implement) · sq kmesë (agricultural implement) · it falce (agricultural implement) · es falce (agricultural implement) · eo rikoltilo (agricultural implement) · bg сърп (agricultural implement) · sah сиэрпэ (agricultural implement) · ast foz (agricultural implement) · om haamtuu (agricultural implement) · da segl (agricultural implement) · gl fouzaña (agricultural implement) · as কাচি (agricultural implement) · wa seye (agricultural implement) · dng ляндор (agricultural implement) · bho दरांती (agricultural implement) · ce марс (agricultural implement) · ml അരിവാൾ (agricultural implement) · it falcetto (agricultural implement) · ota داس (agricultural implement) · hu sarló (agricultural implement) · id sabit (agricultural implement) · km កណ្ដៀវ (agricultural implement) · de Sichel (agricultural implement) · bbl მანგალ (agricultural implement) · myv тарваз (agricultural implement) · kk орақ (agricultural implement) · ur سکل (agricultural implement) · bdk чин (agricultural implement) · lmo seghezz (agricultural implement) · kn ಕುಡುಗೋಲು (agricultural implement) · tl karit (agricultural implement) · hi हँसिया (agricultural implement) · pnt δρεπάνιν (agricultural implement) · taa be'aɬ ts'etsan' dedet'odhi (agricultural implement) · gd corran (agricultural implement) · fi sirppi (agricultural implement) · be серп (agricultural implement) · inh марс (agricultural implement) · cmn 鐮刀 /镰刀 (agricultural implement) · tl lingkaw (agricultural implement) · lbe мирхь (agricultural implement) · lo ຄຽວ (agricultural implement) · hy մանգաղ (agricultural implement) · ka ნამგალი (agricultural implement) · ky орок (agricultural implement) · nv tlʼoh bee yilzhéhé (agricultural implement) · zza qaloç (agricultural implement) · bbl ნამგალ (agricultural implement) · ba ураҡ (agricultural implement) · he מַגָּל (agricultural implement) · ga corrán (agricultural implement) · ota منجل (agricultural implement) · az oraq (agricultural implement) · ms sabit (agricultural implement) · bn কাচি (agricultural implement) · tr orak (agricultural implement) · mzn داز (agricultural implement) · az ораг (agricultural implement) · arz منجلة (agricultural implement) · ru серп (agricultural implement) · kmr das (agricultural implement) · tk orak (agricultural implement) · mk срп (agricultural implement) · dng ляндо (agricultural implement) · si කැත්ත (agricultural implement) · ps کاترۍ (agricultural implement) · sq drapër (agricultural implement) · lez мукал (agricultural implement) · koi чарла (agricultural implement) · sc falche (agricultural implement) · eo falĉileto (agricultural implement) · lt pjautuvas (agricultural implement) · grc δρέπανον (agricultural implement) · lv sirpis (agricultural implement) · bo ཟོ་ར (agricultural implement) · wym sychuł (agricultural implement) · mnc ᡥᠠᡩᡠᡶᡠᠨ (agricultural implement) · ar مِنْجَل (agricultural implement) · udm сюрло (agricultural implement) · tl yatab (agricultural implement) · lzz ორაღი (agricultural implement) · enm sikel (agricultural implement) · pl sierp (agricultural implement) · nv tlʼoh bee higéshí (agricultural implement) · is sigð (agricultural implement) · ne करौती (agricultural implement) · mi toronaihi (agricultural implement) · et sirp (agricultural implement) · fr faucille (agricultural implement) · ur درانتی (agricultural implement) · el δρεπάνι (agricultural implement) · mn хадуур (agricultural implement) · br falz (agricultural implement) · hi दरांती (agricultural implement) · sk kosák (agricultural implement) · nl sikkel (agricultural implement) · uz ўроқ (agricultural implement) · nl zicht (agricultural implement) · ps رمبي (agricultural implement) · agx маккал (agricultural implement) · fa منگال (agricultural implement) · nan-hbl 鍥仔 /锲仔 (agricultural implement) · ca falç (agricultural implement) · th เคียว (agricultural implement)