Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to scythe
Participle: scythed
Gerund: scything
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | scythe |
| you | scythe |
| he;she;it | scythes |
| we | scythe |
| you | scythe |
| they | scythe |
Perfect
| I | have scythed |
| you | have scythed |
| he;she;it | has scythed |
| we | have scythed |
| you | have scythed |
| they | have scythed |
Past
| I | scythed |
| you | scythed |
| he;she;it | scythed |
| we | scythed |
| you | scythed |
| they | scythed |
Pluperfect
| I | had scythed |
| you | had scythed |
| he;she;it | had scythed |
| we | had scythed |
| you | had scythed |
| they | had scythed |
Future
| I | will scythe |
| you | will scythe |
| he;she;it | will scythe |
| we | will scythe |
| you | will scythe |
| they | will scythe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have scythed |
| you | will have scythed |
| he;she;it | will have scythed |
| we | will have scythed |
| you | will have scythed |
| they | will have scythed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | scythe |
| you | scythe |
| he;she;it | scythe |
| we | scythe |
| you | scythe |
| they | scythe |
Perfect
| I | have scythed |
| you | have scythed |
| he;she;it | have scythed |
| we | have scythed |
| you | have scythed |
| they | have scythed |
Imperfect
| I | scythed |
| you | scythed |
| he;she;it | scythed |
| we | scythed |
| you | scythed |
| they | scythed |
Pluperfect
| I | had scythed |
| you | had scythed |
| he;she;it | had scythed |
| we | had scythed |
| you | had scythed |
| they | had scythed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would scythe |
| you | would scythe |
| he;she;it | would scythe |
| we | would scythe |
| you | would scythe |
| they | would scythe |
Perfect
| I | would have scythed |
| you | would have scythed |
| he;she;it | would have scythed |
| we | would have scythed |
| you | would have scythed |
| they | would have scythed |
Imperative
| you | scythe |
| we | Let's scythe |
| you | scythe |
Verbs conjugated like 'scythe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'scythe'
scathe,
sythe,
kythe,
scath,
scote,
scyle,
seethe,
sithe,
skyte,
snathe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English sythe, sithe, from Old English sīþe, sīgþe, sigdi (“sickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *sigiþi, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz, *sigiþō, derived from *seg- (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
2. Immediate Germanic cognates include Middle Low German sēgede, Dutch zicht, Icelandic sigð (all “sickle”). More distantly related with Dutch zeis, German Sense (both “scythe”). Also akin to English saw, which see.
3. The silent c crept in during the early 15th century owing to folk-etymological association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor, carver”), from Latin scindō (“to cut, rend, split”).
4. The verb, which was first used in the intransitive sense, is from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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The boy began to keen, and the high-pitched noise scythed through Song's head. [2011, Catherine Sampson, The Pool of Unease:]
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The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splinters scythe through anyone out on deck. [2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 20:09 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:]