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.
has threshed
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present perfectof thresh (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It was an uncommon moment for Mr. King, the firebrand who for the last decade has threshed his opponents like corn through a combine.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2012
Everybody has seen persons who have been afflicted with smallpox, and has considered the expression, "the devil has threshed peas on his or her face," more or less apt.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
He has threshed with me, and I know him.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
