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.
threshing
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present participleof thresh.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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
Farmers have already completed the 2023 wheat harvest, threshing 21.94 million metric tons.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
She downloaded the book’s audio version and listened to it as she drove her 25-ton John Deere combine through her fields, reaping, threshing and winnowing hundreds of bushels.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
But he had caught the patent fever, and year after year the money made by threshing and by smithing was drained off in patents.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
