sickle

Definition of Sickle in English :

an edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sickle

noun

an implement for cutting grass, corn, etc, having a curved blade and a short handle

noun

a tool consisting of a crescent-shaped blade with a short handle: used for cutting down tall grasses and weeds

n.

1. An implement having a crescent-shaped blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.

2. The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.

v. sick·led, sick·ling, sick·les

v.tr.

1. To cut with a sickle.

2. To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

v.intr.

To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.

adj.

Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped: a sickle moon.