Converse of object

• wield: It is common to see pupils wielding large scythes or sweeping brushes around the campus.

• carry: We carry scythes in the army of the robed skeleton who is carved on a thousand doorways, a thousand walls.

• hold: She lies in bed, holding the scythe, her eyes closed, the ghost of a smile on her lips.

• use: In summer he used a scythe to keep the ditches and banks clear of brambles and grass.

• sharpen: In real life the initiates of this ancient oriental art use short poles with carefully sharpened scythes at each end.

• take: But if you answered mostly a, it's time to take a scythe to the hours you work.

Adjective modifier

• Austrian: Since new Austrian scythes were unobtainable in the UK there was only one solution: go to Austria.

• long: The long scythes were lifted down from the barn walls, and honed until they gleamed.. .

Modifies a noun

• blade: We battled with heavy old secondhand scythe blades that we didn't know how to sharpen properly, attached to worm eaten handles.

Noun used with modifier

• metal: The tower had two metal scythes painted red protruding from it.

• power: The cutter bar of a power scythe, in contrast, is relatively light.

Particle object: down_obj

• opposition: Undeterred, Josh set about clawing back their lead and literally scythed down the opposition as he desperately tried to get to the front.