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# scythe

«scythe» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (scythes)

### meaning for a pupil

A long curved blade on a long handle, swung to cut grass or corn. Old pictures of Father Time also show him carrying one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scythe/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the stories, farm workers and rough folk carry scythes, and Time is shown holding one

### examples

- Farmers cut the long grass with a scythe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scythe/#x1)
- Some men came with scythes and pitch-forks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scythe/#x2)
- Old Time is often drawn as an old man leaning on a scythe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scythe/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scythe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scythe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.