sickle

  1. Noun.  (context, agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
  2. Verb.  (context, agriculture) To cut with a sickle.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
  5. Adjective.  Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.

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