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.
will thresh
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future tenseof thresh.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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This fall's conference will thresh out how to charge off the estimated $400 million needed to put a cross-Canada route into shape.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Who will thresh it for you?" asked the wife of Boer Maes.
From The Belgian Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
So, again, in a very hopeful tone, she called out, “Who will thresh the Wheat?”
From The Little Red Hen An Old English Folk Tale by Florence White Williams
A man with a machine will thresh ten times as much as he formerly could with a flail.
From Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert
And if you've no objection we will thresh this matter out at once as I have to be off in ten minutes.
From The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
