noun🔗ShareHozAn 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. "El granjero usó su hoz para cortar la hierba alta en el campo.agricultureutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePlumas en forma de hozAny 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. "El gallo se pavoneaba por el corral, mostrando con orgullo sus brillantes plumas negras de la cola y las plumas en forma de hoz, más pequeñas y curvadas, que se arqueaban elegantemente por encima de ellas.animalbirdpartbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSegar con una hozTo cut with a sickle."The farmer used a sickle to cut the tall grass. "El granjero usó una hoz para segar la hierba alta.agricultureutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFalciformarTo deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape."The genetic mutation can sickle red blood cells, leading to health problems. "La mutación genética puede falciformar los glóbulos rojos, lo que lleva a problemas de salud.medicinephysiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAdquirir una forma anormal de media lunaOf red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape."My grandfather's red blood cells sickle when he's dehydrated. "Los glóbulos rojos de mi abuelo adquieren una forma anormal de media luna cuando está deshidratado.medicinephysiologyanatomybiologybiochemistrydiseasebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEn forma de hoz, de media lunaShaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped."a sickle moon"una luna en forma de hozappearancenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading