scythe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an edge tool for cutting grass; has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade that moves parallel to the ground
  2. verb cut with a scythe
    • scythe grass or grain

WordNet

Scythe noun
Etymology
OE. sithe, AS. sithe, sigthe; akin to Icel. sigthr a sickle, LG. segd, seged, seed, seid, OHG. segansa sickle, scythe, G. sense scythe, and to E. saw a cutting instrument. See Saw.
Definitions
  1. An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
    The sharp-edged scythe shears up the spiring grass. Dryden.
    The scythe of Time mows down. Milton.
  2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Scythe transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow. Obs.
    Time had not scythed all that youth begun. Shak.

Webster 1913