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).

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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

three-wheeler, thremmatology, threnode, threnody, threonine, thresh, thresher, threshing machine, threshold, threshold agreement, thresh out

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How to use thresh in a sentence

The farmer caught up a huge flail with which he was wont to thresh out his oats.
Hunted and Harried|R.M. Ballantyne
"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.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
Be sensible; stack what you can, but don't wait to thresh or grind.
The Reckoning|Robert W. Chambers
Some of the big harvesters that cut and thresh the wheat are drawn by a traction-engine instead of horses.
Stories of California|Ella M. Sexton

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.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman|Pauline Lester

British Dictionary definitions for thresh

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

Origin of thresh

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