Definition of "sickle"
- noun
An implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
- verb
To cut with a sickle.
To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
- adjective
Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
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