Thresh
verb (used with object)
1.
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.
2.
to beat as if with a flail.
verb (used without object)
3.
to thresh wheat, grain, etc.
4.
to deliver blows as if with a flail.
noun
5.
the act of threshing.
Verb phrases
6.
thresh out/over. thrash (def 12).
verb
1.
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
2.
(transitive) to beat or strike
3.
(intransitive) often foll by about. to toss and turn; thrash
noun
4.
the act of threshing
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