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.
had threshed
-
past perfectof thresh.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
George Kabel, 8y-year-old farmer, estimated that he had threshed enough wheat in his lifetime to make 118,-320,000 loaves of bread.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wang Lung stood there in his dooryard where year after year he had threshed his good harvests, and which had lain now for many months idle and useless.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
He had sent the quivering little thing away quietly, and with no sense of bitterness, until he had threshed the matter out.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
At home he and his father had threshed out many a problem together and each given to it the best his brain had to offer, without thought of the difference in their ages.
From Ted and the Telephone by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
Then the mistress plucked up courage and went out and said that she thought he needn't be too high and mighty to thresh; better folks than he had threshed before now.
