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thresh
[ thresh ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
- to beat as if with a flail.
verb (used without object)
- to thresh wheat, grain, etc.
- to deliver blows as if with a flail.
noun
- the act of threshing.
verb phrase
thresh
/ θrɛʃ /
verb
- to beat or rub stalks of ripe corn or a similar crop either with a hand implement or a machine to separate the grain from the husks and straw
- tr to beat or strike
- introften foll byabout to toss and turn; thrash
noun
- the act of threshing
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Other Words From
- re·thresh verb (used with object)
- un·threshed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thresh1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thresh1
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Example Sentences
The farmer caught up a huge flail with which he was wont to thresh out his oats.
"I want to thresh out some things with you to-day, and I'll be as brief as possible," said Bassett when he and Harwood were alone.
Be sensible; stack what you can, but don't wait to thresh or grind.
Some of the big harvesters that cut and thresh the wheat are drawn by a traction-engine instead of horses.
Nevertheless, 260 no one could have persuaded her not to go on and thresh the matter out with those who had sought to injure her.
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