scything

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English

Definitions

verb

To use a scythe.
To cut with a scythe.
To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
To attack or injure as if cutting.

noun

The act of using a scythe.“frequent scythings”
The mown material left after using a scythe.

Related words

Synonyms

scythework sithe sawing snath shearing zive scythestone scutching scuttling scutching sword swath scrapping grasscutting shear sect strickle

Rhymes

nithing tything

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