(transitive) To cut with a scythe.
scythe
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scythe.
Editorial note
Originally popularized by the Scythe Ninja back in gosh, what, 2004 or so?
Quick take
(transitive) To cut with a scythe.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of scythe gathered in one view.
(transitive) To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
(intransitive) To use a scythe.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for scythe.
verb
(transitive) To cut with a scythe.
verb
(transitive) To cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
verb
(intransitive) To use a scythe.
verb
(intransitive, figurative, often with through) To attack or injure as if cutting.
Example sentences
Originally popularized by the Scythe Ninja back in gosh, what, 2004 or so?
Sounds like swinging a giant scythe at inequality if you ask me.
As scythe wrote, > That is to say: the six bacterial strains...
One interesting conversation led to my human attorney recommending Neal Shusterman's Scythe Trilogy, which I've since read and absolutely re-recommend.
And whether executed by silicon or scythe, mob mentality is wrong.
It's too bad Scythe isn't as lucrative as you hoped...
I understand it goes pretty fast if you learn how to use a scythe.
Is a bit like making a steam powered scythe trainer.
(News reports a death with a fan on -- oh, that scary scythe of the fan..) But who knows?
Belonged to my grandmother's father and because of genes I happen to have his posture making the scythe a pretty good fit for me.
I'd love to see you actually respond to scythe (the top reply to this comment) instead of spreading your misinformation elsewhere in this thread.
For example, the words 낫 (scythe) 낮 (day) 낯 (face) all sound the same when in isolation (or when followed by a consonant), but sound different when followed by a vowel.
Quote examples
With slow forks and manipulation of "corrective" pendulum swings, each swing of the scythe can redistrict the landscape in non-obvious ways.
Written in 2016 (same year as Attention is All You Need ), it eerily hypothesizes many of the SciFi complexities that omnipotent general AIs now already-do ("Thunderhead" in scythe speak).
[Emphasis mine] Right now, the emphasis in medical practice is on attacking the "bad germs." What is mostly ignored is cultivating robust immune function, which as scythe points out would mostly prevent opportunistic pathogens from doing harm in the first place.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use scythe in a sentence?
Originally popularized by the Scythe Ninja back in gosh, what, 2004 or so?
What does scythe mean?
(transitive) To cut with a scythe.
What part of speech is scythe?
scythe is commonly used as verb.