As a letter s
is the letter s with a.
As a noun sickle is
(agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
As a verb sickle is
(agriculture|transitive) to cut with a sickle.
As an adjective sickle is
shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
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Translingual
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(
wikipedia s)
Letter
The nineteenth letter of the .
Symbol
(
wikipedia)
(
mul-symbol)
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
See also
(
Latn-script)
*
* (esh)
* (dze)
*
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Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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sickle
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(agriculture) an implement, having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops
Synonyms
* reap hook
* reaping hook
See also
* scythe
Verb
(sickl)
(agriculture) To cut with a sickle
To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
To assume an abnormal crescent shape. Used of red blood cells.
Derived terms
* sickler
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
- a sickle moon
Related terms
* sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia
* hammer and sickle
