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 →

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 →
• Some men came with scythes and pitch-forks. tree →
• Old Time is often drawn as an old man leaning on a scythe. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scythe» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.