scythe

  1. Noun.  An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with the concave edge sharped, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
  2. Noun.  A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
  3. Verb.  To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

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