▸ noun: An instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath. ▸ noun: (historical) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots. ▸ noun: (cartomancy) The tenth Lenormand card. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To use a scythe. ▸ verb: (transitive) To cut with a scythe. ▸ verb: (transitive) To cut off as with a scythe; to mow. ▸ verb: (intransitive, figurative, often with through) To attack or injure as if cutting.
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