sickles
Curved grain cutters
Sickles are curved, short-handled cutting tools used for harvesting grain or trimming vegetation.
The blade hooks inward, allowing the user to gather stalks and slice them in one motion.
The sickle appears in ancient symbolism and remains iconic in the Soviet hammer and sickle emblem, representing agricultural labor.
Cutting crops for collection
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
- sheavesBound clusters of stalks
grain · wheat · barley · rye · oats · cradle · swath · mowing
Smoothly bent, not angular
- crescentCurved sickle-like arc
- hookedDeeply dependent or bent
- arcCurved line segment
- bentCurved; also dishonest
semicircular · concave · arched · lunate
Skeletal embodiment of mortality
- scytheManual crop-cutting implement
- harvestGathering mature crops
- mortalityState of eventual death
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
personification · skeleton · cloak · souls · finality · omen
Flat cutting edge
- handlePart for gripping
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- serratedHaving toothlike projections
- handheldDesigned for palm use
sharpening · whetstone · honing · tang · rivets · wooden · metal · iron
Tool for striking nails
- SovietOf the USSR
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
red · emblem · flag · USSR · collectivism · worker · peasant · socialism
Cultivating land for food
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- manualWritten instructions for use
traditional · subsistence · smallholder · pre-industrial · rural · laborer · agrarian · husbandry
Red cell deficiency
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- red blood cellsOxygen-transporting components of circulation
- crescent-shapedCurved like moon's phase
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
reaping
Cutting crops for collection
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
sheaves · grain · wheat · barley · rye · oats · cradle · swath · mowing · haymaking
curved
Smoothly bent, not angular
bent · semicircular · concave · arched · lunate
Grim Reaper
Skeletal embodiment of mortality
macabre · personification · skeleton · cloak · souls · finality · omen
blade
Flat cutting edge
handheld · sharpening · whetstone · honing · tang · rivets · wooden · metal · iron · steel
hammer
Tool for striking nails
- SovietOf the USSR
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
proletariat · red · emblem · flag · USSR · collectivism · worker · peasant · socialism · symbol
farming
Cultivating land for food
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
manual · traditional · subsistence · smallholder · pre-industrial · rural · laborer · agrarian · husbandry · tillage
anemia
Red cell deficiency
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- red blood cellsOxygen-transporting components of circulation
- crescent-shapedCurved like moon's phase
- Neolithic Balkanstells, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Moldavia
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze tools, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger
- ancient farmingancient farming, crops, fields, early farming, cultivation
- farm antiquesbutter churns, milk cans, milk bottles, egg baskets, cowbells
- farm heritagefarmstead, barns, farm tools, farmhouses, barn dance
- peasant farmingpeasants, peasantry, rice farming, rice paddies, rice paddy
sicklesscythes
Curved blades for mowing
combine harvesters · machetes · reapers · claymores · greatswords
- sickle cellInherited blood cell malformation
- hammer and sickleCommunist movement's insignia
- sickle cell anemiaHereditary hemoglobin mutation disease
- sickle cell diseaseHereditary anemia with misshapen erythrocytes
- sickle-cell anaemiaGenetic disorder causing misshapen erythrocytes
- sickle-cell diseaseHereditary hemoglobin mutation disorder