See Also: scythe(medicine)
scythe(1)(dictionary)
scythe(2)(dictionary)
scythe 1, noun(dictionary)
scythe 2, verb(dictionary)

scythe(2) (iou)



scythe verb. L16.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. Use a scythe. L16.
verb trans. Cut or mow (corn etc.) with a scythe; fig. cut down or kill swiftly and drastically. L16.
R. P. Graves Watching the hay being scythed. H. McLeave The brilliant and original young psychiatrist scythed down so prematurely.
verb intrans. Move with a sweeping motion as if mowing with a scythe. L19.
Antiques & Art Monitor Aerial perspectives of a motorway scything through a city.
scyther noun a person using a scythe, a reaper M19.
scything noun the action of the verb; an instance of this; in pl., scythed grass etc.: M20.