Scythe (Verb)
Meaning
Cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Farmers used to scythe the wheat fields manually before the invention of mechanical harvesters.
- In the hot summer sun, he wiped his brow as he prepared to scythe the overgrown grass.
- Before the invention of lawn mowers, people would often scythe their lawns to keep them tidy.
- She expertly scythed through the tall weeds that grew by the old garden fence.
- The worker's task was to scythe the high grasses that lined both sides of the country road.