Meaning & Definition of word "Sickle"

noun:

• 1. A hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade used for cutting grain or grass.
  • Example: The farmer used a sickle to harvest the wheat.
• 2. A tool with a similar shape or design used for cutting.
  • Example: She found an old sickle in the barn, covered in rust.
• 3. In anatomy, a sickle refers to the sickle-shaped structure, such as the sickle cell in sickle cell anemia.
  • Example: The doctor explained how sickle cells can block blood flow in the capillaries.

verb:

• 1. To cut or mow with a sickle.
  • Example: He sickled through the tall grass to clear a path.