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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.

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Noun:

  • agriculture an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops

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Verb:

  • agriculture|transitive To cut with a sickle
  • intransitive To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
  • transitive To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.

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