sickle
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Synonyms: fickle, snickle, sickly, pickle, suckle, mickle, tickle, stickle, nickle, ickle, rickle
Antonyms: fickle, snickle, sickly, pickle, suckle, mickle, tickle, stickle, nickle, ickle, rickle
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q42233}}{{lb|en|agriculture}} An [[implement]] having a [[semicircular]] [[blade]] and [[short]] [[handle]], used for [[cut]]ting [[long]] [[grass]] and [[cereal]] [[crop]]s.
- {{ng|Anything resembling a sickle, especially}}:
Verb
- {{lb|en|agriculture|transitive|rare}} To [[cut#Verb|cut]] with a sickle. {{defdate|from 1922}}
- {{lb|en|pathology|intransitive}} ''Of red blood cells'': to assume an abnormal crescent shape.
- {{lb|en|pathology|transitive}} To [[deform]] (as with a [[red blood cell]]) into an [[abnormal]] [[crescent]] shape, to cause to sickle.
Proper noun
- {{surname|en|from=German}}.
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