HOW TO PRONOUNCE
scythe
/sɪθ/
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What does scythe mean?
noun
- An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- The tenth Lenormand card.
verb
- To use a scythe.
More meanings (4)
verb
- To cut with a scythe.
- To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
- (figuratively) To attack or injure as if cutting.
noun
- (historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
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IPA pronunciation
/sɪθ/
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The next time I do fight I’ll make Death love me, for I will contend Even with his pestilent scythe.
To dream of a scythe, foretells accidents or sickness will prevent you from attending to your affairs, or making journeys.
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In the external we remember Saturn as an old man, and as a skeleton with a scythe--as Time, in fact.
After a final swish, Emil snapped the gate and sprang into the cart, holding his scythe well out over the wheel.
“No,” said I, “for if I take your scythe in hand I must give you a shilling, you know, by mowers’ law.”