Definition of sickle - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
agriculturetool with curved blade for cutting crops
- The farmer used a sickle to harvest wheat.
2.
shapecrescent-shaped figure or object
- The moon resembled a sickle in the night sky..
Verb
1.
agriculturetr. Dated harvest grain by cutting stalks with a curved hand tooltr. Dated
- Farmers sickle the wheat during harvest.
2.
medicaltr. deform red blood cells into crescent shapetr.
- Certain conditions can sickle the red blood cells.
3.
medicalintr. red blood cells become crescent-shapedintr.
- In sickle cell disease, cells sickle under stress.
Images of sickle
tool with curved blade for cutting crops 
crescent-shaped figure or object
Expressions with sickle
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crescent-shaped moon visible in the sky
The sickle moon hung low in the evening sky.
symbol showing communism and unity of workers
The hammer and sickle appeared on the flag.
long curved tail feather of a rooster
The rooster's sickle feather glistened in the sunlight.
curved like a sickle
The sickle-shaped moon hung low in the sky.
red blood cell with abnormal hemoglobin and crescent shape
A sickle cell can block blood flow in small vessels.
genetic blood disorder causing red blood cells to be sickle-shaped
Sickle cell anaemia often causes severe pain and fatigue..
genetic disease causing misshaped red blood cells
She was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia at birth.
European legume with curved pods, yellow blossoms, introduced across North America
Field flora called sickle medick has yellow blossoms and curved pods.
plant with sickle-shaped leaves in the Euphorbia genus
The sickle spurge grows well in sandy soils.
Origin of sickle
Old English, sicol (sickle)
Terms with sickle included in their meaning
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shape
shaped like a sickle
shape
shaped like a sickle or crescent
acr: Sickle Cell Disease
genetic blood disorder causing pain and health problems
ethmoid bone
sickle-shaped extension of the ethmoid bone
medical
affected by sickle cell disease
medical
genetic blood disorder causing red blood cells to be sickle-shaped
medical
genetic disorder causing red blood cells to be sickle-shaped
biology
genetic condition with one sickle-cell gene and one normal gene
deformation
deformed into a sickle shape
botany
plant with sickle-shaped leaves in the Euphorbia genus
shape
curved like a sickle
birds
bird with a sickle-shaped bill
Examples of sickle in a sentence
The sickle hung in the barn, unused for years. The artist painted a sickle in the corner of the canvas. The sickle shape of the sculpture caught everyone's attention. They sickle the barley in the early morning. Workers sickle the grass for hay. Genetic disorders may cause cells to sickle under stress.
Researchers study how cells sickle in different environments. Without enough oxygen, the red cells may sickle. The patient's cells sickled during the severe episode.
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- French:faucille, faucher, ...
- German:Sichel, sicheln, ...
- Italian:falce, falciare, ...
- Spanish:hoz, cortar, ...
- Portuguese:foice, ceifar, ...
- Chinese:镰刀, 用镰刀割, ...
- Japanese:鎌, 刈る, ...
- Arabic:مِنْجَل, حَصَدَ, ...
- Hebrew:מַגָּל, לִקְצוֹר בְּמַגָּל, ...
- Russian:серп, жать серпом, ...
- Ukrainian:серп, жати, ...
- Hindi:हंसिया, दरांती से काटना, ...
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