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(agriculture, transitive) To cut with a sickle. / (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

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sickle

Source Word

sickle

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈsɪkl̩/

transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

鎌を使って切る（農業などで実施される動作） / 赤血球などが異常な三日月形に変形する

Every autumn, the old farmer would sickle the overgrown barley by the river.

毎年秋になると、年老いた農夫は川沿いの伸びすぎた麦を鎌で刈った。

Sense（1）

(agriculture, transitive) To cut with a sickle.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

Sense（3）

(intransitive) Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.

sickles

（ present singular third-person ）

sickling

（ participle present ）

sickled

（ participle past ）

sickled

（ past ）