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1. (v.t.) thresh
to separate the grain or seeds from (a cereal plant or the like), as by beating with a flail or by the action of a threshing machine.
2. thresh
to beat as if with a flail.
3. (v.i.) thresh
to thresh wheat, grain, etc.
4. thresh
to deliver blows as if with a flail.
5. (n.) thresh
the act of threshing.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME threschen, thresshen, OE threscan, c. OHG drescan, Go thriskan; akin to ON thriskja)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
move or stir about violently
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
2. (verb) flail, thresh
move like a flail; thresh about
"Her arms were flailing"
3. (verb) thrash, thresh
beat the seeds out of a grain
4. (verb) thrash, thresh, lam, flail
give a thrashing to; beat hard
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. thresh
same as Thrash
2. (verb) thresh
to beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw
3. (verb) thresh
to beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub
4. (verb) thresh
to practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well
5. (verb) thresh
hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently
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Sense: to beat (the stalks of corn) in order to extract the grain.
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 Afrikaans: dors |
 Arabic: يَدْرُس الحِنْطَه |
 Bulgarian: вършея |
 Brazilian: debulhar |
 Czech: (vy)mlátit |
 German: dreschen |
 Danish: tærske |
 Greek: αλωνίζω |
 Spanish: trillar |
 Estonian: vilja peksma |
 Farsi: کوبیدن |
 Finnish: puida |
 French: battre |
 Hebrew: לָדוּש |
 Hindi: दौना, दौवना, गाहना |
 Croatian: vršiti, mlatiti |
 Hungarian: (ki)csépel |
 Indonesian: menebah |
 Icelandic: þreskja |
 Italian: battere |
 Japanese: 脱穀する |
 Korean: 타작하다 |
 Lithuanian: kulti |
 Latvian: kult (labību) |
 Malay: membanting |
 Dutch: dorsen |
 Norwegian: treske |
 Polish: młócić |
 Portuguese: debulhar |
 Romanian: a treiera |
 Russian: молотить |
 Slovak: (vy)mlátiť |
 Slovenian: mlatiti |
 Serbian: vršiti |
 Swedish: tröska |
 Thai: นวดข้าว |
 Turkish: harman dövmek |
 Taiwanese: 打穀(脫粒) |
 Ukrainian: молотити |
 Urdu: پيٹ کر غلہ نکالنا |
 Vietnamese: đập |
 Chinese: 打谷（脱粒） |
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