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: an implement used for mowing grass, grain, or other crops and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle
scythed; scything
: to use a scythe
: to cut with or as if with a scythe
scything cornstalks
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
So Brunstetter, hacking through the story with a scythe to make room, has left bald stumps everywhere.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
One fun way to encourage kids to get out into the heart of a meadow area and witness its wildlife and plants up close is to mow or scythe a maze into it that kids can run or walk through.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 27 Mar. 2023
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Noun
There are lingering shots, often in slow motion, of warriors like Hounsou's General Titus working the scythe in real northern California wheat fields.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
So Brunstetter, hacking through the story with a scythe to make room, has left bald stumps everywhere.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Verb
It’s farmed using traditional methods — scythed by hand and visited each autumn by Shropshire sheep.
—Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
One fun way to encourage kids to get out into the heart of a meadow area and witness its wildlife and plants up close is to mow or scythe a maze into it that kids can run or walk through.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 27 Mar. 2023
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“Scythe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scythe. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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