thresh

[ thresh ]

/ θrɛʃ /

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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 Phrases

thresh out/over. thrash(def 12).

Also thrash.

Origin of thresh

before 900; Middle English threschen, thresshen, Old English threscan; cognate with German dreschen, Gothic thriskan; akin to Dutch dorsen, Old Norse thriskja

OTHER WORDS FROM thresh

re·thresh, verb (used with object) un·threshed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH thresh

thrash thresh

Words nearby thresh

threespine stickleback, thremmatology, threnode, threnody, threonine, thresh, thresh out, thresher, threshing machine, threshold, threshold agreement

Example sentences from the Web for threshing

After the threshing process it is sacked and stored in the fields in which it has grown.

Commercial Geography |Jacques W. Redway
One night, in the threshing yard, under the great starry sky, do you remember?

Doctor Pascal |Emile Zola
At threshing time the crew looked forward to working for Ben, the farmer, and dreaded the meals prepared by Bella, his wife.

Half Portions |Edna Ferber
What is left after these for the threshing floor the thief takes.

The Pharaoh and the Priest |Alexander Glovatski

Next, remark that the instruments used for our threshing are chosen also by the Great Husbandman.

Talks To Farmers |Charles Haddon Spurgeon

British Dictionary definitions for threshing

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

(intr often foll by about) to toss and turn; thrash

noun

the act of threshing

Word Origin for thresh

Old English threscan; related to Gothic thriskan, Old Norse thriskja; see thrash

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thresh

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verb

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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thresh

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

noun

Verb Phrases

Origin of thresh

OTHER WORDS FROM thresh

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH thresh

Words nearby thresh

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