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scything down

scything down is the present participle and gerund of scythe down.

Meaning of scythe down

Verb

scythe down (third-person singular simple present scythes down, present participle scything down, simple past and past participle scythed down)

  1. (transitive) To violently cause to fall down.
    • For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has previous on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way...November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk

Questions about scything down

What is scything down the present participle and gerund of?
Scything down is the present participle and gerund of scythe down.

Words near scything down in the dictionary

  1. Scythianize
  2. Scythians
  3. Scythic
  4. Scythica
  5. scything
  6. scything down
  7. scythings
  8. Scytho-
  9. scythridid
  10. scythridids
  11. Scyths

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