noun🔗ShareAn implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops."The farmer used his sickle to cut the tall grass in the field. "agricultureutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock."The rooster strutted around the barnyard, proudly displaying his glossy black tail feathers and the smaller, curved sickle feathers that elegantly arched above them. "animalbirdpartbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cut with a sickle."The farmer used a sickle to cut the tall grass. "agricultureutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape."The genetic mutation can sickle red blood cells, leading to health problems. "medicinephysiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareOf red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape."My grandfather's red blood cells sickle when he's dehydrated. "medicinephysiologyanatomybiologybiochemistrydiseasebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareShaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped."a sickle moon"appearancenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
