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: an implement used for mowing grass, grain, or other crops and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle
scythed; scything
: to use a scythe
: to cut with or as if with a scythe
scything cornstalks
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
The scythe is now being wielded among the playing squad.
—Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
One fun way to encourage kids to get out into the heart of a meadow area and witness its wildlife and plants up close is to mow or scythe a maze into it that kids can run or walk through.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 27 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Pavel has been taking care of spring meadows his whole life, cutting the grass with a scythe and helping preserve rare plant species on this planet.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
The scythe is now being wielded among the playing squad.
—Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
It’s farmed using traditional methods — scythed by hand and visited each autumn by Shropshire sheep.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
One fun way to encourage kids to get out into the heart of a meadow area and witness its wildlife and plants up close is to mow or scythe a maze into it that kids can run or walk through.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 27 Mar. 2023
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“Scythe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scythe. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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