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.
have threshed
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present perfectof thresh.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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By then, both major parties and the powerful trade unions will have threshed out the question during their annual conventions.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He and I have threshed that out," Emerson declared, pacing the room with nervous strides.
From The Silver Horde by Rex Ellingwood Beach
The French led them by the nose, and the English have threshed them for suffering it.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
I've come on purpose to be worried, and the more I surrender myself to the rack the more, I seem to feel, we shall have threshed our business out.
From The Awkward Age by Henry James
I have threshed out in my hand three ears of the ripe wheat: how many foot-pounds of human energy do these few light grains represent?
From Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies
