All sickle synonyms
sick·le
S s noun sickle
- bolo — a large single-edged knife, originating in the Philippines
- cutters — Plural form of cutter.
- lune — a line for securing a hawk.
- lunes — a line for securing a hawk.
- knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- crescent — A crescent is a curved shape that is wider in the middle than at its ends, like the shape of the moon during its first and last quarters. It is the most important symbol of the Islamic faith.
- halfmoon — the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- cutlass — A cutlass is a short sword that used to be used by sailors.
- machete — a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
- menisci — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- bola — a missile used by gauchos and Indians of South America, consisting of two or more heavy balls on a cord. It is hurled at a running quarry, such as an ox or rhea, so as to entangle its legs
- bolas — bola (def 1).
- demilune — an outwork in front of a fort, shaped like a crescent moon
- meniscus — a crescent or a crescent-shaped body.
- cutter — A cutter is a tool that you use for cutting through something.
- lancet — a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- half-moon — the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
verb sickle
- rabbet — a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- facetted — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- chining — the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
- hacked — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- mow down — to cut down (grass, grain, etc.) with a scythe or a machine.
- hashed — Simple past tense and past participle of hash.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- facet — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- hashing — hash coding
- mow — Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. to store (hay) in a barn.
- faceted — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- hacking — a rack for drying food, as fish.
- dicing — gambling or playing with dice.
- flitch — the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- faceting — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- chine — the backbone