threshing
- present participle of thresh.
Example Sentences
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A short walk away, a threshing machine spews clouds of dust and chaff as wheat pours out in a steady stream, rattling into worn brown sacks at farmers' feet.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Mechanization soon followed, with threshing machines and combine harvesters leaving less behind for gleaners to collect.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025
It takes a village, not a threshing machine, to complete the harvest of pounds of watermelon seeds that will fill the simple, white packets sold by Turtle Tree Seed.
From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2023
Farmers have already completed the 2023 wheat harvest, threshing 21.94 million metric tons.
From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023
Rooster Jim told me most folks hired Wayne Robbins or Mr. Gorley; they had binders and threshing machines.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
