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thresh

  [thresh] ,
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–verb (used with object)
1. to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like) by some mechanical means, as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine.
2. to beat as if with a flail.
–verb (used without object)
3. to thresh wheat, grain, etc.
4. to deliver blows as if with a flail.
–noun
5. the act of threshing.
—Verb phrase
6. thresh out or over. thrash (def. 12).
Also, thrash.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME threschen, thresshen, OE threscan; c. G dreschen, Goth thriskan; akin to D dorsen, ON thriskja
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thresh   (thrěsh)   
v.   threshed, thresh·ing, thresh·es

v.   tr.

    1. To beat the stems and husks of (grain or cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains or seeds from the straw.

    2. To separate (grains or seeds) in this manner.

  2. To discuss or examine (an issue, for example) repeatedly.

  3. To beat severely; thrash.

v.   intr.

  1. To use a machine or flail to separate grain or seeds from straw.

  2. To thrash about; toss.


[Middle English thresshen, from Old English therscan; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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