Sickle

Curved blade surname

A sickle is a hand tool with a short handle and curved blade, used for cutting grain or tall grass.

The blade hooks inward, allowing a sweeping motion to gather and slice stalks.

The hammer and sickle symbolizes communist ideology—workers and peasants united.

In medicine, sickle-cell disease causes red blood cells to curve into crescent shapes.

mythological

Cronus

Titan king, father-devourer

scythe · Father Time · castration · Uranus · Titan · harvest god · mortality · Greek · Roman · underworld

agricultural

harvest

Gathering mature crops

  • reapingCutting crops for collection
  • grainCereal plant's harvest unit
  • wheatCereal crop for flour

scythe · blade · cutting · farm · peasant · rice · barley · sheaf · threshing · crop

medical

cell

Basic unit of life

trait · crisis · blood · mutation · red blood cell · inherited · genetic · malaria · transfusion · jaundice

symbolic

hammer

Tool for striking nails

flag · emblem · worker · revolution · socialism · proletariat · labor · Bolshevik · Marx · Lenin

anatomical

moon

Natural planetary satellite

curve · ligament · waning · waxing · cartilage · meniscus · bone · curvature

Categories
Opposites
agricultural tool function

Sickleseed drill

Machine for sowing crops

planter · seeder · hoe · plow · dibble

blade shape/curvature

Sicklestraight razor

Folding blade for shaving

machete · cleaver · sword · axe · lance

symbolic meaning (death/harvest)

Sicklelife

Animate state

cradle · seedling · sprout · birth · womb

Phrases
Family

sickles, sickled, sickling

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G