scythe

Object

• challenge: Seven years ago Beckham reacted to a scything challenge from behind, which the referee did nothing about.
• grass: A group of mothers finished scything the grass on the surrounding land.
• run: Talking of fearsome, the Vanguards ' back-row, Dick, Jeff and Jol put in some crunching tackles and scything runs.

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.

Preposition: through

• field: He was soon under pressure from Davey, who had scythed through the field from his poor grid slot.

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.

Modifying Another Word

• down: And the fuzz beauty of Manuel Gottsching's guitar scythed all down the great rush through space.
• cynically: He cut across and laid off a perfect ball as he was cynically scythed by a gasping opponent.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• down: He was just about to shoot when he was scythed down in the area for a clear penalty.

Followed by a transitive particle

• down: Is it an omen of doom that you'll be doing the OBO and our top order will be scythed down this November?

Particle object:

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

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.