Illustration of scythe
: 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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Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
That’s Spanish for Saint Death, a scythe-wielding skeleton folk saint popular in Latin America as a guardian of outcasts.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Tora Agarwala, Reuters, 29 Aug. 2025
If their press from the front fails, teams can scythe through them with few passes.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Once the two of us set about attacking weeds along the side of the house, each of us with a big scythe.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
That’s Spanish for Saint Death, a scythe-wielding skeleton folk saint popular in Latin America as a guardian of outcasts.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
As the changing patterns scythe down yields and stall output, rising Indian domestic consumption is expected to shrink exports from the world's second largest tea producer.
—Tora Agarwala, Reuters, 29 Aug. 2025
If their press from the front fails, teams can scythe through them with few passes.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scythe
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“Scythe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scythe. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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