scythe (s?th)n. An implement consisting of a long, curved single-edged blade with a long handle, used for mowing or reaping.tr.v. scythed, scyth·ing, scythes To cut with or as if with a scythe.[Middle English sithe, from Old English s?the, sickle; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.scythe or siethn (Tools) a manual implement for cutting grass, etc, having a long handle held with both hands and a curved sharpened blade that moves in a plane parallel to the groundvb (Tools) (tr) to cut (grass, etc) with a scythe[Old English sigthe; related to Old Norse sigthr, Old High German segansa] ?scythe?like adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014scythe (sa?ð) n., v. scythed, scyth?ing. n. 1. a tool consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand. v.t. 2. to cut or mow with a scythe. [before 900; Middle English sith, Old English s?the, earlier sigdi, c. Old Norse sigthr] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.scythePast participle: scythedGerund: scythingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativescythescythePresentI scytheyou scythehe/she/it scytheswe scytheyou scythethey scythePreteriteI scythedyou scythedhe/she/it scythedwe scythedyou scythedthey scythedPresent ContinuousI am scythingyou are scythinghe/she/it is scythingwe are scythingyou are scythingthey are scythingPresent PerfectI have scythedyou have scythedhe/she/it has scythedwe have scythedyou have scythedthey have scythedPast ContinuousI was scythingyou were scythinghe/she/it was scythingwe were scythingyou were scythingthey were scythingPast PerfectI had scythedyou had scythedhe/she/it had scythedwe had scythedyou had scythedthey had scythedFutureI will scytheyou will scythehe/she/it will scythewe will scytheyou will scythethey will scytheFuture PerfectI will have scythedyou will have scythedhe/she/it will have scythedwe will have scythedyou will have scythedthey will have scythedFuture ContinuousI will be scythingyou will be scythinghe/she/it will be scythingwe will be scythingyou will be scythingthey will be scythingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been scythingyou have been scythinghe/she/it has been scythingwe have been scythingyou have been scythingthey have been scythingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been scythingyou will have been scythinghe/she/it will have been scythingwe will have been scythingyou will have been scythingthey will have been scythingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been scythingyou had been scythinghe/she/it had been scythingwe had been scythingyou had been scythingthey had been scythingConditionalI would scytheyou would scythehe/she/it would scythewe would scytheyou would scythethey would scythePast ConditionalI would have scythedyou would have scythedhe/she/it would have scythedwe would have scythedyou would have scythedthey would have scythedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011ScytheAn implement for cutting grass by hand. It consists (according to current dictionaries) of a curved blade and a long handle. However, early-twentieth-century mail-order catalogues refer to the blade alone as a scythe. The scythe was developed and used before the advent of the reaper and mowing machine for harvesting small grain and cutting grass for hay. During the Depression of the 1930s, it was used by small farmers who could not afford anything else. Also, see Cradle scythe.1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn?t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan