scythe

• Инструмент с длинной рукояткой и изогнутым лезвием, который держат двумя руками и используют для скашивания травы или урожая, проводя лезвием параллельно земле.

A tool with a long handle and a curved blade, held with both hands and used for cutting grass or crops by swinging the blade parallel to the ground.

1. Cutting toolB2formal

   A farming tool with a long handle and a curved blade, used for cutting grass or grain by hand.

   Коса

   • The farmer sharpened his scythe before mowing the field.
   • She used a scythe to cut the tall grass in the meadow.
   • The old painting showed a man holding a scythe.

• Глагол, означающий срезать или косить косой, или быстро и разрушительно проходить сквозь что-либо.

A verb meaning to cut or mow with a scythe, or to move through something swiftly and destructively.

1. Cut with a scytheB2formal

   To cut down grass, grain, or other vegetation using a scythe.

   Косить

   • The farmer scythed the tall grass in the field.
   • He scythed the wheat before the storm arrived.
   • She carefully scythed the weeds along the fence line.

   Синонимыcutmowreap