Sickle Definition

sĭkəl
sickles
noun
sickles
A tool consisting of a crescent-shaped blade with a short handle: used for cutting down tall grasses and weeds.
Webster's New World
The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.
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verb
To cut with a sickle.
American Heritage
To deform (a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
American Heritage
To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
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adjective
Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
A sickle moon.
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Other Word Forms of Sickle

Noun

Singular:
sickle
Plural:
sickles

Origin of Sickle

  • Middle English sikel from Old English sicol from Vulgar Latin sicila from Latin sēcula sek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English sicol.

    From Wiktionary

Sickle Sentence Examples

  • A sickle, toothed like a saw, is used for reaping.

  • An old sickle mower and rake with their high metal seats were the only items she recognized.

  • Sickle cell anemia, also called sickle cell disease (SS disease), is an inherited condition caused by having abnormal hemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in the blood.

  • The increased risk among African Americans is not explained by the presence of sickle cell disease, nor is the excess risk among boys explained by trauma.

  • Sickle cell anemia-An inherited disorder in which red blood cells contain an abnormal form of hemoglobin, a protein that carries oxygen.

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Words Starting With

SSISIC

Words Ending With

ELEKLE

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Words Starting With S and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With E